India says Australia understands its position on Ukraine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Australia understands India’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India’s overseas secretary instructed reporters on Monday following a digital summit between the prime ministers of Australia and India.
India’s Narendra Modi and Australia’s Scott Morrison, each leaders of the Quad grouping that additionally contains america and Japan, mentioned points within the Indo-Pacific area and strengthening bilateral commerce relations.
India is the one Quad member that has not criticised Russia’s aggression.
“Prime Minister Morrison was fairly clear that so far as he was involved the Quad’s focus was on the Indo-Pacific,” Indian International Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla mentioned.
“He additionally expressed understanding of India’s place on the problem of Ukraine, which he felt undoubtedly mirrored our personal state of affairs, our personal concerns.”
India counts Russia as certainly one of its outdated allies that provides about 60% of its navy {hardware}.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday instructed Modi in New Delhi that Russia’s invasion had shaken the “basis of worldwide order” and required a transparent response.
Shringla mentioned Australia was additionally investing $15 billion in Asia’s third largest economic system.
(Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Aftab Ahmed, Enhancing by Toby Chopra and Ed Osmond)
