India’s ties with Russia are “different” from what the US shares with the latter, and that is fine, the Biden administration has said, underlining that Washington has asked every country that uses it with Moscow. To protect the rules-based international order. ,
Responding to a question on India-US relations in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and whether the Ukrainian crisis affected bilateral ties, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US shares important interests and values with India. .
Price told reporters in his daily, “We share important interests with India. We share important values with India. And we know that India has a relationship with Russia that is our relationship with Russia. different from. Of course, that’s fine.” Press conference on Friday.
“India has a relationship with Russia that we certainly don’t have. India and Russia have a relationship, including in the defense and security sector, which we don’t have. And then, we’ve asked every country whose relationship is there. And of course the countries that have leverage, to use that leverage in a constructive way,” he said.
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Price said the US has a comprehensive strategic partnership with India.
“As you know, we had the opportunity to see our Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar in Australia, when we were in the Indo-Pacific for the Quad meeting,” he said.
“What we have done, in the context of the bilateral discussions we had with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar in Melbourne, was to share our enthusiastic belief that countries around the world, especially countries that have the level of influence, influence, leverage With the Russian Federation, it needs to be used to good effect, it needs to be used to protect the rules-based international order,” he said.
Russia has been a long-standing and time-tested partner for India. In December 2010, the Bilateral Strategic Partnership was elevated to the level of a Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. Also, India’s strategic and defense partnership with the US has grown at an unprecedented pace over the past decade and a half.
Responding to another question on Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first visit to Moscow this week and his talks with President Vladimir Putin, Price said the US has conveyed to Pakistan its position as to what the threat of Russian aggression was at that time. and now what. The ongoing Russian “invasion” of Ukraine.
Putin met Khan in the Kremlin on Thursday in his first one-on-one talks since the start of the special Russian military operation in eastern Ukraine and the two leaders discussed key aspects of bilateral cooperation and views on current regional topics, including development. exchanged. in South Asia.
Asked whether the US saw any restructuring of forces as a result of Khan’s visit to Russia, a State Department spokesperson said, “Okay, I will leave it to my Pakistani allies to talk about my position on this.” Give.”
“What I can say is that we conveyed our position to Pakistan, what was the threat of Russian aggression at that time and what are the ongoing Russian offensives against Ukraine now. As India does, Pakistan is well aware Where do we stand on this. These are, again, the rules, norms, guidelines that benefit India, Pakistan, the United States of America and Russia as well.
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