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May 21 โ€ข 6 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ For those in India watching #AusVotes22 results & wondering about new govt & India, China, Quad etc, worth seeing remarks by Sen. Penny Wong, then shadow foreign minister, at @raisinadialogue this year 1/
2/ Also, particularly to see where Australia's China discussion is, watch the foreign policy debate a week ago between Sens. Payne & Wong
(tldr: this is not the 2007-08 Aus Labor Party)
3/ Australian PM-elect Albanese will be headed to the Quad summit & it'll be a good opportunity hopefully for not just that platform but bilats as well...
4/ A couple of months ago, new PM-elect Albanese gave a foreign policy speech at @LowyInstitute in which he talked China & also mentioned support for Quad & India ties (India came up in Q&A too + some kind words for current HC in India Barry O'Farrell)
lowyinstitute.org/publications/aโ€ฆ
5/ Albanese met w/ the Indian foreign ministers, as well as those from the other Quad members when they were in Melbourne for the last ministerial
6/ Wong on the same meetings...

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Apr 12
Interesting India esp noted: "reviewed mil-to-mil engagements, info sharing, enhanced logistics cooperation, & ability of the Armed Forces to coop. closely under compatible comm arrangements. In this context, closer cooperation of Special Operation Forces came up prominently"
US readout: "the 2+2 Ministerial advanced initiatives that will allow the U.S. and Indian militaries to work more seamlessly together across all domains of potential conflictโ€”from the seas to cyberspace."
US readout: "The United States and India finalized major bilateral initiatives on information-sharing, liaison exchanges, and joint service engagements to support high-end, combined operations."
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Apr 12
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pulling together the documents & tweets from the Biden-Modi call today, and the US-India 2+2 (and associated meetings) 1/
2/ Initial remarks from Biden & Modi
(Video: )
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/โ€ฆ
3/ Readouts of Biden-Modi call
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ bit.ly/3rFfjlB
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ bit.ly/3KFmVfm
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Apr 11
Also present during Biden-Modi virtual meeting:
- US SecState Tony Blinken
- US SecDef Lloyd Austin
- Indian EAM S. Jaishankar
- Indian RM Rajnath Singh
- US NSA Jake Sullivan
- Indian ambo to US Taranjit Sandhu
2/ Biden:
- ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ will continue "close consultations" on ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
- welcomes ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ humanitarian support for ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
- ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ties growing "deeper and stronger"
3/ Modi:
- thanks Biden for taking initiative for the virtual mtg
- ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ progress wld hv been hard to imagine few decades ago
- worrying sit. in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ; condemns Bucha killings
- says has suggested Putin-Zelenskyy talks
- will be sending another consignment of medicines to Ukraine
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Apr 4
Wow.

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ“บ Arnab Goswami leads with: "Forget abt the geopolitics at play...think abt the genocide at Bucha...where there's been a mass massacre of civilians by Russian forces...where little children hv been killed by Putin's forces...it's barbaric..& it's not fake news, Russians"
This is quite something from the primetime anchor on Indian TV, and a shift.

Arnab: "was it a genocide? no doubt about it in my view"
#Bucha
2/ Meanwhile, on Aaj Tak (Hindi) channel, they're calling it a "brutal massacre." One show said Russian forces have turned Bucha into a Butcherkhana.

Another's chyron reads "Russian military's savagery revealed"

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Apr 3
๐Ÿงต.....๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Today's is on India, Russia, & oil.

Note: I am not an energy specialist. I used to work on Indian energy issues & some of debate's struck me as a bit over-the-top on:
- ๐Ÿ˜ฑ re amount of oil India is purchasing
- idea some treasure chest's opened up for India. 1/
2/ First, let's look at India's crude oil imports.

IEA: "About 60% of Russiaโ€™s oil exports go to OECD Europe, & another 20% go to China"

For India, RUS been a minor source of imports.

From 2019-20 to Apr '21-Jan '22, โ†‘ import from
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ 18%
but also
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ 63%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 38%
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ 18%
3/ As I mentioned in another thread, as of April 2021-January 2022 figures, Russia was 9th on the list of sources of India's crude oil imports
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Mar 30
๐Ÿงต on how several Indian interests hv been adversely affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Might this over time open up some opportunities for India (& for partners w India)? Perhaps but GOI's clearly been unhappy re effects
- strategic
- security
- economic
- political
1/
2/ Just listen to the Indian leadership...

Today, PM Modi: "Developments in Europe in the last few weeks have raised a question mark on the stability of the international order"

Echoes sthg he said recently re adverse impact on IO & India's economy
3/ Yday, Foreign Minister Jaishankar also talked about the strategic & economic headwinds India & others in the region are facing, incl:

"maintenance of international peace and security, and even stability can no longer be taken for granted" Image
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