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At present, the rhetoric regarding the long-running war between Russia and Ukraine is at its peak in international geopolitical circles, and western countries often raise various questions on India’s neutral and independent foreign policy. Recently, it was claimed by some Western media reports and analysts that India is buying Russian crude oil at discounted rates and refining it and selling it to Europe and America, thereby directly or indirectly boosting Russia’s war funds. Former Lieutenant Generals and diplomatic experts of India have given a very sharp reaction to these baseless and biased claims of Western countries. He has bluntly said that Western countries are making such false allegations on India to hide their failures and double standards, whereas the reality is exactly the opposite and Europe and America themselves are doing large-scale backdoor trade with Russia for their energy needs.
Ever since the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the US and EU countries have imposed stringent economic sanctions on Russia and imposed restrictions on the import of its oil and gas. Despite this, India continued its traditional trade relations with Moscow with full transparency to keep crude oil prices stable in the global market and ensure energy security of its more than 140 crore countrymen. Former military officers and economic analysts clearly argue that India has not broken any international law that is against global trade rules. On the contrary, many countries of Europe are still indirectly importing huge quantities of Russian energy products and fertilizers, but when India takes decisions under its energy independence, the stomach of the western countries starts hurting.
A respected former Lieutenant General of the country, who appeared to be upset with the statements of Western media and strategists, gave a strong warning saying that Washington and Brussels should look at their own economic and trade data before teaching India a lesson of morality. Explaining in detail, he said that since the beginning of the war, European countries have given billions of euros to Russia as payment for energy and other essential goods, which is directly supporting the Russian economy. In such a situation, accusing New Delhi of funding Russia’s war is a completely politically motivated and biased propaganda. India has always stood in favor of peace and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly reiterated from global forums that this is not the time for war, but for solving problems through dialogue and diplomacy.
In today’s modern and multipolar world, India has emerged as a superpower on the strength of its independent foreign policy which is not ready to bow down under the pressure of any superpower. Even though America and Western countries keep trying to put pressure on India through diplomatic meetings and media reports to completely end its relations with Russia, New Delhi has always kept the national interest paramount. It is the result of this balanced stance of India that today everyone from Washington to Moscow and Beijing understands the importance of keeping our strategic and economic relations strong with India. Such baseless claims of Western countries are not going to have any impact on India’s domestic policies or its global diplomacy, because the country’s leadership is moving forward on the path of its strategic autonomy with full determination.
The direction of the global energy market and international supply chain in the coming time will depend on what kind of policies Western countries adopt to deal with their energy crisis. The courage and maturity with which India has diversified its energy sources has forced economists around the world to think that the old colonial methods of controlling the economy of any country are no longer useful in the modern era. This blunt warning by former military officers and diplomatic experts has put a mirror before the western countries, making it clear that they should forget forever the days of making India dance to their tune. India is fully capable of protecting its sovereignty, economic development and national interests and no power in the world can stop its independent development journey.