Modi's strategy not to attend UN meeting: This is a message on Russia not to bow down to US agenda, buy oil despite sanctions
This time Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not going to the United Nations General Assembly i.e. UNGA. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will attend the General Assembly. Actually, there is a special reason behind the Indian Prime Minister not attending it. After the attack on Ukraine, the US and the European Union imposed sanctions on the purchase of oil and gas from Russia. India not only refused to accept this ban, but also made a deal of oil and gas with Russia. This time the agenda of the United Nations meeting is to tighten the sanctions on Russia. In such a situation, by staying away from the meeting, India has made it clear that it will not bow down to imposing the agenda of the West on Russia. India and China are the only countries that continue to trade with Russia amid economic sanctions from the US and Europe. This has given a lot of support to the Russian economy. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President...