Three weeks away from participating in the virtual summit of the BRICS group, which he founded, and after the face-to-face summit of the G7, invited by Germany, India has set limits on its relationship with the West.
Headlined by Times of India and others, Chancellor S Jaishankar reacted to pressure to turn against Russia in the war, otherwise the “international community” would not support Indian tensions with China in return.
It was in response to the generic question at a conference in Europe about whether “India will support the US or China”. Or again: “There will be two axes, it’s a fact that you have the West led by the US and you have China as the next axis. Where does India fit in?”
The minister responded on behalf of India, elated: “This is a construction that you are trying to impose on me, and I do not accept it. I am a fifth of the world’s population. I am today the fifth or sixth economy. history, civilization. I think I’m entitled to my own vision, I’m entitled to weigh my own interest.”
More precisely, in the TOI report and beyond, he stated that “Europe must abandon the mentality that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems” (above).
“We have a difficult relationship with China and we are perfectly capable of managing it,” he added.
MEXICO GOING OR NOT?
Washington Post and Financial Times produced reports on the Summit of the Americas, which Joe Biden will personally receive from Wednesday (8) to Saturday, and focused on the threat of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, from Mexico, not to attend if the exclusion of Venezuela and others.
Your decision will be an “indicator of the success” or otherwise of the event, says WPost. According to the FT, Biden intends to “make an important declaration on immigration”, just a few months before the US elections, hence the expectation as “the most important US ally in the region”.
Coinciding with Mexican criticism, the White House began to make concessions, the most recent being reported by Reuters, “Exclusive: US will allow two companies to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe”, Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol.
