India and China, the countries that can benefit from the war between Russia and Ukraine

Who says the Russia from Vladimir Putin is isolated, I may be wrong. Yes, there are packages of withering economic sanctions, but the Kremlin still has the support or at least the neutrality of certain countries, strategic allies due to the size of their markets. India and Chinafor example, are nations that have already proposed themselves as peacemakers.

It is not an exaggeration. “La Vanguardia” recalls that, “Although four out of five members of the UN General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution condemning Russia, they represented less than half of the world’s population due to the abstention of giants such as India and China.”.

Russia he wastes no time and his chancellor, Sergei Lavrovis found in New Delhi after a few days in Beijing. The talks are on the right track. For now, the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankarpromised to continue the good relations in “the areas of energy, science and technology, outer space and the pharmaceutical industry”.

Lavrov, for his part, thanked him for not being “under the influence of no American dictator” and guide your “foreign policy based on their national interests” and not alien.

As already mentioned, the senior Russian official recently traveled to China and met with his counterpart, Wang Yi, looking for the same thing: to confirm sales and secure allies.

The case of India

The Public portal recalls that, in 2014, India “remained neutral in the UN vote on the annexation of crimea to Russia”.

He also notes that, in the last meeting between Vladimir Putin and his prime minister, Narendra Modi, they sought “consolidate a strategic partnership” Focused on “mutual support on the global stage” and the “weapons trading”.

It is not a minor fact. India “receives 28% of the war artifacts exported by the superpower, which are about 70% of the weapons it possesses”. To this we must add the commitment to purchase “at a record price sunflower oil From Russia”, writes El Mundo.

In addition, the fifth largest economy in the world and the third in Asia, according to said media, continues to buy Petroleum to Russia, taking advantage of the offers of the Kremlin.

Lavrov has said: “We will be ready to supply India with anything it wants to buy from us.”.

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, meets with his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, this Friday, April 1. AP

And despite the pressure – the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, tried to get them to change their posture and line up-, they don’t let go. On the contrary, they are already considering options to bypass the blockade, such as “RuPay Card network”.

This fulfills what El Mundo sentences: India “has been covering Russia’s back for decades”.

This idea is seconded by Analyst Francisco Belaúnde. “India and Russia have a friendly relationship dating back to the days of the Soviet Union. At some point, they had a leftist government that found an ally in the USSR”.

This link serves to balance the region, taking into account that Pakistan – with whom India has had serious armed conflicts – had China as an ally. Hence the dependence on arms supplies.

“In addition, India has a fairly authoritarian government, something that Putin will never criticize.”.

But if New Delhi has this ability to maneuver today, it is because it is vital to the ATV“informal grouping” revived by Joe Bidenwhat are you looking for “deepen strategic cooperation on issues related to security, technology and the economy while implicitly countering China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific”.

Hence, it has received so many “high profile” visitors since the start of the war between russia and ukraine.

CNBC writes:

“This has included delegations from the United States, Australia and Japanthe three nations that are India’s partners in the Quad, officially known as the Ring Safety Dialogue”.

“The Quad is willing to look beyond India’s denial, including in four recent resolutions of the UNto condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russia”.

What India should be concerned about is the closeness between China and Russia. Because, it is worth remembering, that New Delhi and Beijing have several problems in their back: for example, borderline disagreements in the Himalayan region and consequent casualties in their armies.

the mighty china

For some, it is the most benefited from the war between Russia and Ukraine. That he Kremlin confront with West go back to beijing a privileged spectator who watches his two great competitors show their strongest cards.

Of course, China has remained in the gray: it calls for dialogue to resolve the crisis, and just as it questions Russia, it also does so with the United States and NATO. those of Xi Jinping they do not take sides, at least in the official discourse.

And if it does not, it is because it maintains its foreign policy, which consists of not interfering in the affairs of other nations. They also would not like others to comment on their relationship with Taiwan, rebel territory that they want to annex.

It is from the economic blockade of the West that Russia seeks to rely on them.

Meanwhile, China does not see the conflict between the Kremlin and the West sitting on the couch. On the contrary, he is working to change the world order by trying to get closer to India.

They recently proposed that their foreign minister visit New Delhi: what they would seek is for Narendra Modi to meet at the summit Brics, which is organized by Beijing and will have as guests “the leaders of Brazil, Russia and South Africa”.

It is not the only thing. CNBC notes:

“China has also proposed an ‘India-China Civilization Dialogue’, to be held in both countries, and an India-China Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum.”.

To this is added the “change of tone” of the information of the “nationalist newspaper Global Times, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party”, when reporting on India.

Last week, CNBC notes, the Global Times wrote:

“China and India share common interests on many fronts. For example, the West recently pointed the finger at India for considering buying Russian oil at a reduced price. But it is the legitimate right of India”.

Count the Peruvian sinologist Marco Carrasco that, although the relationship between China and India is problematic -because of border conflicts and boycotts-, there is a great possibility that they will reach good agreements.

“They say that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in the case of the Quad and under various parameters, India is the most fragile. Unlike the other countries, it has been hesitant about some of the bloc’s approaches”.

Hence the flirtations with Beijing.

“Although relations with China have always been complicated, their proximity and having economies with good prospects for the future create the need to act together”.

“Finally India can play from all three sides, which is exactly what they have been doing and China wants to take advantage. As it is a nation of great weight, its position is key in this geopolitical change that seems to be inevitable”, sentences Carrasco.

Source: Elcomercio