He also contrasted the West’s concern about the invasion with what he described as the relative interest in the Taliban occupying Afghanistan, saying that people seem more motivated by the proximity of a crisis than anything else. Trass, on a visit to India, has repeatedly said she does not seek to give a lecture to Indians or anyone on how to respond to the Russian invasion, but described the conflict as authoritarian against democracy, a framework that means India must to be more comprehensive as the largest democracy in the world. Jaishankar complained that there appears to be a campaign to distort India’s stance on Russian oil at a discount. “I was just reading a report today, that in March, Europe bought, I think, 15% more oil and gas from Russia than last month. “If you look at the big buyers of oil and gas from Russia, I think you will find that most of them are in Europe.” “When oil prices go up. “I think it’s natural for countries to go out and look for good deals on this thing.” Refineries in India, the world’s third-largest importer and consumer of oil, are buying Russian oil through spot tenders since the Moscow invasion on February 24, taking advantage of big discounts as other buyers retreat. India has bought at least 13 million barrels of Russian oil since February 24, compared with nearly 16 million barrels in 2021 total. Sergei Lavrov, to conclude new agreements that actually approved or allowed the Russian invasion. Tras, who sits next to Jaisankar at an economic exchange forum in New Delhi, did not name India, but warned that oil and gas revenues were funding Vladimir Putin’s war machine. “It is vital for freedom and democracy in Europe to challenge Putin and ensure that he loses to Ukraine,” he said. “But we also believe that we need to think more broadly about the message it will send around the world. If Putin was successful, if he was able to succeed in invading a sovereign nation, what message does this send to other aggressors around the world? “And I think it’s very important that in the sanctions imposed on Russia, along with the weapons provided to Ukraine in its struggle for freedom, we see an alliance with the G7, including Japan.” He added: “We also see countries like Australia, South Korea, Singapore participating in these sanctions, because I think countries around the world, regardless of their size, status or structure, understand that there is “A fundamental problem is whether an attacker can escape by invading a sovereign nation, and that violates international law and the UN Charter.” Jaishankar argued that the West should recognize that power is diffused around the world. He talked about a huge economic balance that has taken place over the last 30 to 40 years, which has translated into a much more multipolar world, leading to the replacement of the G7’s central position with that of the G20. “Thus, there is a much wider spread of countries that have views and influence on how the world should be governed,” he said. Trash refused to invoke China for Ukraine, saying: “It is clear that he respects the sovereignty of Ukraine. “And this is an important principle on which, as a member of the Pentagon’s permanent five members, and as a responsible nation, China must stand firm, and we must not see China backing Russia.”
