US brands India’s response to Ukraine war ‘unsatisfactory’

Admits the country’s reaction is also ‘unsurprising’ given historical ties with Russia


India’s refusal to cast aside its longstanding friendship with Russia over the war in Ukraine is “unsatisfactory,” US diplomat Mira Rapp-Hooper told an online conference hosted by the School of Advanced International Studies, while admitting it was also “unsurprising.”


Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific region on the White House’s National Security Council, was specifically referring to India’s recent votes at the United Nations, where it has declined to come out against Russian actions in Ukraine and remained silent in the Security Council votes on the matter.

“I think we would certainly all acknowledge and agree that when it comes to votes at the UN, India’s position on the current crisis has been unsatisfactory, to say the least. But it’s also been totally unsurprising,” she said on Friday.

While explaining that India had strengthened its ties with Russia for its own safety as its relationship with China deteriorated, the American diplomat suggested the country was now thinking “long and hard” about its decision to cozy up to Moscow and suggested the US should focus on providing India with “options.” This she characterized as “providing for its strategic autonomy,” though her approach seemed aimed at driving India directly into the arms of the US and NATO rather than giving it any ‘autonomy’ in the matter.

Rapp-Hooper suggested Washington not stop at trying to talk India out of buying Russian armaments, noting that “we have a number of partners that have chosen to keep their chips in with Russia, in terms of their defense procurement, in part as a hedge against China.” These countries are now rethinking those decisions and need replacements for those weapons systems, she said, implying the US should guide them toward purchasing its own systems or those built by allies.


New Delhi buys more weapons from Russia than any other country, having purchased almost half (49.3%) of its arms from Moscow for what has amounted to $6.5 billion over the last five years. This has unsurprisingly rubbed Washington the wrong way, leading it to threaten sanctions over India’s 2018 purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system.

While India has canceled several other weapons orders from Russia in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, including MiG-29 fighters, helicopters and anti-tank weapons, Washington is hoping to use the previous purchases as leverage to convince India to further distance itself from Moscow. New Delhi has thus far declined to join in the sanctions pile-on against Russia, and has not explicitly condemned its actions in Ukraine.However, some have worried that the US sanctioning India will drive it away from the Quad alliance, which includes Japan and Australia and is aimed at reining in China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

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https://www.rt.com/news/552766-us-india-weapons-unsatisfactory-ukraine/

No Victor in WAR.


let the WEST always remember this even when GOD sanction the devil and put hatred between HIM (Satan) and Man some Angel revolt and side SATAN until this very day.

So Know this and Know Peace not everyone will be an enemy to your enemy.

Lalasticlala check this out

Exactly my thought

There are no morals in international politics.

It has always been about National interest.

America and bullying. Go sanction India na. Mumu country.

India is so insignificant with their abject poverty status


Average countries that is paralyzed with POVERTY are the ones supporting Russia Afghanistan inclusive

They that get satisfactory response should do it asap na.

US should go and invade Indian

Everyone must be their puppet by fire by force

Many European countries are freely patronizing Russian gas but India shouldn't simply because uk/USA say so, it's like they are mad

If you don't want them to buy from Russia sell to them at cheaper rate, simple

Even if that means US will buy at higher price, subsides and resell to India at lower prices no one cares

Meninmen:


Okay. But this same India shouldn't run to the US for weapons when China begins to bully them again sha

Are the US giving them the weapon for free? Or are they giving them 1 fighter jet for 2 ruppee?

India even cancelled weapons they've already ordered but yet to be delivered from Russia because of this war, they can afford to do that but expecting India to cancel gas which will invariably implode her economy and starve her citizens is asking for too much

It's like 2 of my neighbors fighting one which is a food seller then people are expecting me to starve my family by not buying food from the fighting neighbor even when there is no viable alternative

When China is bullying India why didn't US stop patronizing China and ask all of their allies to do same for sake of India?

The sweet will reach everybody.

Bleep them.

Not everyone is a western ass licker.

Castro147:
India is insignificant.

If they were then there would probably be no reason for USA to make these statements. don't you think?

Lolz e pain them

K

It is an international politics, Indian will not want to be on Russia bad book since the are not good term with China, the also hv a long history with Russia wen Russia came to dia aid

Int'l Politics is very funny and interesting. The leverage the US is exercising as a blackmail for many of the so called allies "trapped" in this anti Russian coalition is that Russia violated Ukraine's sovereignty (Which is correct).

Now, the same US is threatening the decisional sovereignty of many countries who dared to not buy it's endorsed response (Sanctions) against Russia.

What a paradox! It leads u to believe the theory of realists that when morality is at variance with a country's interests (as is sometimes is), the question of action will be decided by power and power plays. This is Russia's illegitimate fate over Ukraine. This is America's fate that opposed Cuba being USSR's proxy but support Ukraine's being NATO'S expansion.

This is int'l politics. Only emotionally overwhelmed folks choose a side and think they are on the path of justice

MadamVanessa:



India is so insignificant

If they are insignificant, why are the US and UK trying to win them over?!

This is the stand Africa should take as Russia has always backed India throughout in History. And for those still asking what has Africa benefited
Russia supported decolonization efforts in Africa.

Namely;

Algeria: provided military, technical and material support to the National Liberation Front (NFN) to liberate Algeria from their French colonial masters during the Algeria Independence war and was the first country in the world to recognize the provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.

Angola: Russia helped stopped the Apartheid South African government from encroaching into Angola. They trained their forces in both Namibia and Tanzania.

Congo: Patrice Lumunba reached out to Russia for military assistance and they promptly responded by sending military advisors and munitions but the might of Belgian backed forces that had colonized Congo for decades was too much and Patrice Lumumba was later executed. One of the charismatic leaders Africa ever produced.

Egypt: Russia supported Gamal Abdul Nasser administration and gave scholarships to young Egyptians and among them was a future president Hosni Mubarak

Ethiopia: Helped Ethiopia regain its sovereignty after it was almost taken over by Somalia. The Somalia forces had completely taken over Ethiopia before Russia shipped in military hardwares and that was the end of the war

Guinea: Russia supported anticolonial struggle in Guinea. Gave aids to their newly formed independent government

South Africa: Russia was in the forefront of supporting the end to the apartheid regime. Funded the African National Congress.

In summary:
While the west colonized you and took away your resources, Russia supported decolonization and was applauded by Mandela.

The West never made any sacrifices for Africans

is it by force?
All those zombies supporting the west and so called Nato should beg them to come and set up military base in sambisa forest so that boko haram,bandits and other terrorists groups can be wiped out as soon as possible.
Una mumu dey smell

Castro147:
India is insignificant.

A 2 trillion ecoonomy with 1.4 billion consumers are insignificant?they also buy Nigerian crude.

Be like say India wan collect wotowoto

Life lessons playing right in front of us.
Don't get involved in a fight for the wrong reasons and with the wrong people..i love India more now

It must be sex in the champagne room

The Soviets came to the aid of India when some western countries aligned with their enemies to destroy them. India said they will never forget their friends in time of need. Indian citizens too seem to remember and are in support of their government.

For the very first time, I fall in love with India for not letting outsiders bully her. They are insisting on their neutrality. Biden can wail from today till eternity

As e dey happen

American bullies at it against

Buying American weapon
..that are damn expensive
Equivalent armament.of russian origin is always 40 to 50% lesser
They won't sell out there best to neighbours easily


Been holding the -f35 tech for so many years till.it got useless

Now there are missile that can detect and shot
The hell down

They scared of that

SultanYoung:


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USA the international bully. Your sanctions don finish? Sanction India too na. Infact, sanction every country other than yourself. Self centered country