"India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine-Nato crisis has been rock solid since day one. It’s not our war. It’s not the Indo-Pacific. The United States cannot arm-twist India into unreasonably cutting ties with Russia. .
And if it attempted to do so, the US would only be shooting itself in the foot and losing out on a bigger battle with China."
"To stay out of the CAATSA sanctions and in a move that instilled goodwill in India-US ties, India gave up Iranian oil in its entirety.
"To stay out of the CAATSA sanctions and in a move that instilled goodwill in India-US ties, India gave up Iranian oil in its entirety.
The result was that China immediately benefited from the fact that Iran is now more dedicated to the Chinese market than ever and it sealed this relationship stemming from the oil trade, in a 25-year $400 billion dollar strategic pact"
"Joe Biden has been pushing desperately for reviving the nuclear deal with Iran .. reached out to a heavily-sanctioned Venezuela offering an.. opportunity to curry favour with the US again. The sole principle here is self-interest, not being at the wrong or right side of history"
"Russia has freely invested in India’s energy sector and India has invested over $15 billion in Russia’s oil and gas sector. India is also working with Russia in exploring the potential of the Russian Far East and the Arctic region."
"Russian oil is available at reasonable discounts in a volatile oil market, India must dip its feet.. lest the Chinese take absolute advantage of this situation too. It would come with a great cost to unconditionally satisfy the United States’ many whims and India has
decided not to further advance this descent."
"The US State Department has been unclear about reconsidering sanctions waiver.. over the purchase of Russian S-400s..& perhaps that's why it reportedly put on hold a $3 billion Predator Drone deal..3 months after green-lighting it
"The US State Department has been unclear about reconsidering sanctions waiver.. over the purchase of Russian S-400s..& perhaps that's why it reportedly put on hold a $3 billion Predator Drone deal..3 months after green-lighting it
"the United States itself, which has announced a ban on Russian energy imports..has excluded Russian uranium imports from this sanctions package. It appears that the US itself may not be in its self-defined “right side of history".
"As India-US ties develop over the years, India has been setting some boundaries. Surely, the rules cannot be defined on just one side of the table. New Delhi would not give up its strategic autonomy, and not place all its eggs in the American basket in the bet against China."
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