Strengthening the bond with India is more important than before before the current global situation after the Russian war in Ukraine, British foreign secretary Elizabeth Truss said on Thursday Speaking at an event, together handled by the Minister of External Affairs Jaisankar, said Truss, “we live in a more unsafe world, precisely because we have (Vladimir) Putin is terrible to Ukraine.”
“The Ukrainian crisis highlights the need for the same-minded countries to work together,” he said, “the implications of the remote Ukrainian crisis – we see threatened global food security, global energy security. During the conversation, he was also asked to comment in India to buy Russian oil with a very steep discount, when the West tried to isolate Moscow. Truss said, “India is a sovereign country, I will not tell India what to do.”
Jaisankar said, “When oil prices rise, it is reasonable for countries to find good deals for their people.” He further talked about how Europe had bought oil and gas from Russia despite the crisis. “Europe bought 15 percent more oil and gas from Russia than before. Most of the main buyers of oil and gas from Russia are in Europe,” Jaishankar said.
“We get most of our energy supply from the Middle East, around 7.5% -8% of the US, maybe less than one percent of Russia,” he said Russia sent his troops to the Pro-West neighbor on February 24 and had carried out an aggressive attack in and around the main cities since then Putin said that he tried to “reject” Ukraine who had been influenced by Western nations, creating security threats for the Russian region.
While in an effort to reduce the crisis, Ukraine has dropped his aspirations to join NATO, something Russia sought for a long time. However, despite several rounds of talks in more than six weeks of invasion, battles have raged in Ukraine and Russian troops inched towards the capital city of Kyiv.
Mitra near Russia for decades, India has maintained a neutral stand so far and does not condemn the invasion on public platforms. India is also abstained from the UN resolution to drop Russia and continue to buy Russian oil and other items, even though there is pressure from the West.