European weapons being used to attack India – foreign minister
New Delhi says European countries sell weapons used to target India and should stop moralizing about the Ukraine war Read Full Article at RT.com
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S. Jaishankar also says on-off US sanctions on Russian oil undercut Washington’s moral arguments
European nations should stop moralizing about India’s foreign policy stances, considering the West’s own ambivalence on other issues, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said.
The top Indian diplomat was responding to queries about New Delhi’s foreign policy vis-a-vis the Ukraine conflict and Russian oil purchases while in Finland, where he was on a state visit on Thursday.
“I buy oil based on cost and availability,” he said in response to a question on India increasing its oil purchases from Russia since 2022. “So at that point of time, much of the oil available in the market was Russian because Europeans were essentially buying oil from the Middle East, which was our traditional supplier.”
Jaishankar then went on to call out the West’s lack of moral clarity on other geopolitical questions.
“No European country has been attacked with Indian weapons. I wish I could say that for Europe weapons vis-à-vis India,” he said.
