Don’t Want India to Rely on Russia for Its Defense: US
New Delhi: The aggressive actions of the US against Russia now look flowing in a different direction as Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on Friday said that “the United States doesn’t want India to depend on Russia for defense needs,”
With a smart strategy in the US brain, the Washington government forced India and other nations indirectly to buy weapons from the US, not other countries.
John Kirby once again warned India indirectly and said that “we have been very clear with India as well as other nations that we don’t want to see them rely on Russia for defense needs. We have been nothing but honest about that and discouraging that,”
“At the same time, we also value the defense partnership that we have with India. And as was evidenced a week ago, we’re looking at ways to improve that going forward. That’s going to continue because it matters and it’s important,” he added.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had said, “We do not think India should accelerate or increase imports of Russian energy and other commodities even as, obviously, those decisions are made by individual countries.”
India and Russia, however, have maintained very good defensive and strategic relations, and the US may not succeed to increase the distance between Russia and India.
(Vinayak)
