Rahul Gandhi said that India has every right to associate with whoever it wants. (file)
Brussels:
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India’s opposition largely agrees with the central government’s current stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and that being a big country, it is natural for India to engage with countries around the world. To maintain bilateral relations. . During a press conference at the Press Club of Brussels, he was asked by a correspondent of a Ukrainian news agency about the “studded stand” adopted by the Modi government on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Rahul Gandhi replied, ‘I think the opposition will largely agree with the Indian government’s current stance on this conflict.’
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“We have a relationship with Russia and I don’t think the opposition will have a different view than the stand the government is taking now,” he said.
India has repeatedly called on Russia and Ukraine to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue and end the war.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine on several occasions and urged an immediate end to hostilities and a return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue to resolve the conflict.
When asked about India-Russia relations and Western leaders’ attempts to distance India from Russia, Rahul Gandhi reiterated that it was natural for India to have diverse relations with various countries.
He said, “Definitely India has a relationship with Russia, India has a relationship with America. India is a big country and being a big country it will have relations with many other countries. This is a common thing…India has every right to associate with whoever it wants.
Gandhi said on Friday that America, Europe and India need to create a competitive model as an alternative to China’s manufacturing model.
He said, “China is presenting a special idea or a special approach to the world. It (China) is pushing the idea of the Belt and Road Initiative. One of the reasons they are able to do so is because China has become a global manufacturing hub.
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