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Russia Slams The QUAD; Puts India In The Firing Line As Moscow Inches Closer To China

Russia’s attempts to defuse tensions between India and China, who have been standing eye to eye at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh for almost six months now, have not been really successful


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14 hours ago on December 11, 2020
By Smriti Chaudhary
https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-sl...iring-line-as-moscow-inches-closer-to-china/#
Just when India thought that it was successfully balancing its ties with the US and Russia — two arch-rivals — the Russian foreign minister has accused “the West” led by the US of using India as an “object” in its “Anti-China games”.

India-China Dispute
India and China have been standing eye to eye at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh for almost six months now. Tensions have been escalating after the troops from both sides got into a brutal clash in June that resulted in 20 Indian casualties and an unconfirmed number on the other side.

The disengagement process has been underway with both sides engaging in military-level talks, however, there is not much that has improved since it started.

Speaking at the general meeting of the state-run think tank Russian International Affairs Council on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov displayed his contempt for the Quadrilateral or the Quad – an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India. Beijing sees this as an anti-China group to deter its strategic missions.

“India is currently an object of the Western countries’ persistent, aggressive and devious policy as they are trying to engage it in anti-China games by promoting Indo-Pacific strategies, the so-called ‘Quad’, while at the same time the West is attempting to undermine our close partnership and privileged relations with India,” Lavrov said.


New Delhi extended an invitation to Canberra to join the Malabar Naval exercise 2020 that was recently concluded. The drills were held in the Indian Ocean in order to understand the level of training of each others’ navies during this exercise.
“This is the goal of the US’ very tough pressure on New Delhi in the military and technical cooperation,” he added. While Lavrov didn’t expand on this, he was possibly pointing at Washington’s threats of imposing sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for buying S-400 missile system from Russia.

The US House of Representatives has already passed the bill on Tuesday to put sanctions on Turkey for the acquisition of S-400 missile system from Russia. While the bill is yet to go through Senate, it requires “each person that knowingly engaged in the acquisition of the S-400 air defense system” an imposition of sanction with 30 days of passing the legislation.

Lavrov stressed that “the West” is trying to restore the unipolar model of world order but Russia and China are unlikely to “subordinate” under the pressure. He further added that US-led West has been “rejecting the objective trends towards the formation of a multipolar world”. It has “postponed Russia and China for later and is trying to draw all others into a unipolar world by any means possible. For our part, we will promote a unifying agenda.”

He stated that the G20 is the only mechanism outside the UN Security Council where it is still possible to come to terms based on a balance of interests. It is because G20 represents the G7 and the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) nations along with Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Argentina, Indonesia, and Egypt. “The G20 is a venue where there is still hope for promoting more balanced approaches that can then be used in formal international legal structures.”

There was no immediate response from any of the Quad nations including, India on the Russian Foreign Minister’s comments.
Russia’s Attempt At Resolving India-China Tensions
Russia has been trying to nudge India to resolve its border standoff with China. While Moscow denied mediating between India and China over the ongoing border conflict, it laid the groundwork for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow which was attended by Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar along with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on September 10.

This was the first bilateral meet between the two ministers since the standoff that started in June.

During the meeting, the two sides held a “frank and constructive” discussion on the developments in the India-China border areas as well as on India-China relations, said the India-China joint press release.

Moscow has maintained close strategic ties with both China and India. Russia is India’s biggest supplier of arms. A new Stimson Center working paper by Sameer Lalwani and others revealed the heavy dependence of Indian defense equipment currently in service.

With a whopping 90% for the Army, 41% for the Navy, and two-thirds of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) equipment is of Russian origin.
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Foreign Minister of India S. Jaishankar With His Russian Counterpart Sergey Lavrov

According to data compiled by Stockholm-based thinktank, SIPRI, since 2014 when the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) came to power, India’s prime supplier for military equipment has been Russia with US$9.3 billion worth of exports to India. The US is trailing behind with only US$2.3 billion worth of export in the same period.

On the other hand, Russian President Vladamir Putin has pointed towards a possible military alliance between Russia and China. “It is possible to imagine anything.… We have not set that goal for ourselves. But, in principle, we are not going to rule it out, either,” Putin said during a video conference.



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India-China standoff: Russia gives new twist to border tension - Read details here
Russia has claimed that Western powers have adopted an “aggressive and devious” policy to engage India “in anti-China games".
India-China standoff: Russia gives new twist to border tension - Read details here

Tanweer Azam
Updated:
Dec 10, 2020, 10:14 AM IST

Highlights
  1. Russia has claimed that Western powers have adopted an “aggressive and devious” policy to engage India “in anti-China games".
  2. Lavrov made the comment at a time when India and China are engaged in a tense standoff at the LAC.
  3. Lavrov also claimed that Western powers are trying to undermine Russia’s “close partnership and privileged relations with India”.
In a surprising development, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed that Western powers have adopted an “aggressive and devious” policy to engage India “in anti-China games by promoting Indo-Pacific strategies”. Lavrov made the comment at a time when India and China are engaged in a tense standoff at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh for over six months.

Lavrov also claimed that Western powers are trying to undermine Russia’s “close partnership and privileged relations with Indi

"For instance, India is a matter of persistent, aggressive devious Western policy which tries to draw the country into anti-Chinese games, promoting so-called Indo-Pacific strategies," Lavrov said, adding, "and at the same time, (western policy tries to) weaken our close partnership, strategic, privileged relations with Indians. There is a very tough pressure undertaken by Americans on New Delhi, concerning (Indian) military technical cooperation (with Russia)."

The senior Russian leader made the statement during the general meeting of the state-run think tank Russian International Affairs Council on Tuesday. Lavrov's remarks are also significant as Moscow has been making efforts to resolve the simmering border tension between India and China.


Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday (December 9) said that ties with China have 'significantly damaged' in 2020 due to the Galwan incident and the ongoing buildup which has 'completely changed national sentiment'.
Speaking at a virtual event, Jaishankar said, "We are today probably at the most difficult phase of our relationship with China. Certainly in the last 30-40 years. The last time there were military casualties on our borders was in 1975."

Earlier in June this year, India lost 20 of its soldiers to aggressive action by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the Galwan valley.

 
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Two options:
1. Settlement of Border between China and India. (Not a good thing for Pakistan)
2. Disintegration of India - good for everyone.
Option 2 -
- Russia can still sell their weapons to independent countries from India's break up.
- Pakistan gets Kashmir.
- China gets Ladhak.

I choose option 2.
 
JU AI Japan US Australia India. Jew Artificial Intelligence.

That should be the correct acronym.

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Two options:
1. Settlement of Border between China and India. (Not a good thing for Pakistan)
2. Disintegration of India - good for everyone.
Option 2 -
- Russia can still sell their weapons to independent countries from India's break up.
- Pakistan gets Kashmir.
- China gets Ladhak.

I choose option 2.

RSS brain dead sangis claim china will be part of Akhant Bharat....
 
India
If only they knew we were preparing all this while for a showdown with the USA, they wouldn't be so cocky.

do not worry, just sit back relax and enjoy...Modi Ji is doing what his RSS Masters told him to do...watch this..

 
RSS brain dead sangis claim china will be part of Akhant Bharat....
akhand*

it literally just means undivided and refers to the modern nation state as it exists today, not some expansionist wet dream of taking everything from Afghanistan to Burma lol
 
Rise of the asian quad. China-Russia-Iran-Pakistan

India limps into western boot licking role forces Russia to improve relations with Pakistan. Russia already pretty much allies with China. Nothing West can do against Asian quad.
 
This whole Quad 4 thing is beyond any comprehension. What is such a critical strategic interest which these 4 countries are trying to protect???
 
Rise of the asian quad. China-Russia-Iran-Pakistan

India limps into western boot licking role forces Russia to improve relations with Pakistan. Russia already pretty much allies with China. Nothing West can do against Asian quad.

You know one thing interesting about these group of countries you mentioned. We literally encircle the resource rich Central Asia (add Azerbaijan to the mix). We need to work together to keep India and the US out of this region. I hope Iranian leadership cooperates, they seem to get into bed with India every now and then.

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You know one thing interesting about these group of countries you mentioned. We literally encircle the resource rich Central Asia (add Azerbaijan to the mix). We need to work together to keep India and the US out of this region. I hope Iranian leadership cooperates, they seem to get into bed with India every now and then.

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Nice one, PRIC just make sure Kazakhstan doesn't join in :lol:
 
The simple answer there is none.
I think exactly the same. Not sure what these 4 countries are doing with their presence in South China Seas or protecting. Spending billions for protecting nothing. I heard one estimate was like USD $30 billion a year, though I don't have any evidence to back it.
 
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Rise of the asian quad. China-Russia-Iran-Pakistan

India limps into western boot licking role forces Russia to improve relations with Pakistan. Russia already pretty much allies with China. Nothing West can do against Asian quad.

what pakistan is doing in asian quad ? pakistan is limping on economic front , every day pak needs some handout from some country to pay it's loan to another country . pakistan is there to toe line of other countries.
 

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