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India: No sanctions, but US wants Delhi to break from Russia
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NEW DELHI, 02 May 2022, (TON): US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has suggested encouraging India to voluntarily disengage from Russia instead of slapping sanctions on New Delhi for buying oil and weapons from Moscow.
Mr Blinken said “where we can, it is far preferable to get countries to voluntarily not engage in these practices, and that’s where our diplomacy is focused.”
Democratic senators urged Secretary Blinken at these hearings to put more pressure on India for continuing to do business with Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine.
Senator Bob Menendez, who heads the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said “they go buy oil from Russia. They buy the S-400 [anti-missile system]. They abstain at the United Nations.”
He said “but they are a member of the Quad.”
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