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mar. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're taking a closer look at an interesting visit. indian foreign minister, superman young, j shankar is in moscow and meeting ministers, including his counterpart, sergei lab rav the 2 countries have a complicated relationship. delhi has indicated that it will try to push moscow for an end to the war in ukraine, saying it's no good for the world. but since russia's invasion and europe's pivot away from russian oil, india has been the one to pick up the slack. and russia is now the country's largest supplier of oil. despite criticism, india has doubled down on its choice. it is odd fundamental obligation to ensure

the indian consumer has the best possible access, or on the most advantageous terms to international market. and in that respect, ah, quite honestly, we have seen that, ah, the endure shot relationship has worked to advantage. so if it works to my advantage, i would like to keep it and, but keep that going. india has also pointed out that europe continues to take more rush and crude oil than india even now deli choosing to maintain good relations with moscow, underscores the 2 countries long history together. india walks the line as a non aligned state. notably, it did not stand with the group of democracies at the united nations when it came to condemning the invasion of ukraine. here's t w's chief international editor richard walker to explain more. the un security council. on february 2022, i heard the high table of world affairs gathers to pass judgment on russia's

invasion of ukraine. martin m have india. sam baset. there is here holding his country's non permanent seat. can you call through a ceasefire? the urge that all efforts are made for the immediate succession of violence and hostilities the western powers vote to condemn the war so that russia casts its veto. and india abstain. what was india doing here? it was joining the likes of china in refusing to condemn russians invasion. well, this wasn't a matter of principle. this was all about pragmatism. and not wanting to anger valued french deli, just 2 months earlier. vladimir putin on a rare trip abroad keeping praise on the hosting. and then the relationship has roots in the

depths of the cold war in 1971 into a gandy and layer need brezhnev. we're both concerned about tensions with china. the result, the indo sylvia. treaty of peace, friendship and co operation. india. the policy of non alignment meant the treaty stopped short of being a full alliance. but it helped to feel moscow's position as india is number one, arm supply. something that's not been forgotten. j panda is vice president of india is governing b. j. p. party. russia or the former soviet union, had, had stood by india when we needed defense capabilities to deal with these challenges of china and others. it was the soviet union and continuing into russia that gave us equipment 1st for which is the end of 2021. and putins visit delhi and alms. we're very much on the agenda.

rushing you supplying high tech gear like it's s 400 and defense. massage to india . the deal is so sensitive that the united states has threatened india with sanctions for age. but deli, sticking to the deal encounters at west won't match. rochelle, providing the military tech that he needs. we escal denied certain key defense technologies which are critical for our safety and security. and we have been getting them from russia. moscow is also done deal to allowing indian manufacturers to make hardware like these russian tanks that something other supplies have been reluctant to do. india not only gets the tanks, it also boost its own defense industry. a major strategic priority. india is years long, reliance on rushing military hardware, however, isn't looking so good almost 9 months since the war started in ukraine. russian

weapons have not performed well on the battlefield. and that plus russia's closer ties with india's regional rival, china may explain prime minister and render modi's recent comments to put an ad in in person summit to his face. mowdy said, quote, i know that today's era is not an era of war, and i have spoken to you on the phone about this and quote, suggesting that the 2 leaders had stronger words in private. to talk about all this, we have harsh ponds, professor of international relations with kings college london. thanks so much for joining the program professor. can you parse what's happening here? because we see we've seen india abstaining at the un, but we've also seen movies, recent tough comments to bruton. it's quite a line to walk i. yes indeed. i think india has been now walking a very, very delicate balance between its various partnerships,

various commitments and various kinds of interests that are becoming salient or its foreign policy from defense to energy to jew politics. and, and i think that is a growing discomfort in india that the war of the conflict and ukraine has jagged on that there's no sight of resolution yet. and it is having an impact, you know, globally in, in economic terms. and it is also suddenly having an impact on india's domestic political economy. so, so i think and yet is now. busy vocal about the need to bring it to an end, or talking directly to mister fulton as, as you mentioned. but also on the other hand, trying to make the most of the energy security as well as the defense requirements for which it continues to die on russia. so it's anita delicate balance. yeah, definitely a g appellate a car challenge and i wonder if he can talk about how china fits into all of this. i mean, india and china had had border clashes in recent years where soldiers on both sides were killed. but now we see russia and china closing up,

where does that put delhi in a be very difficult position and i think so that's why we added, we are there is a lot of concern in india about the state of ju politics at the moment because you know, as you were mentioning india and china are at a very, very difficult position at this point. even as we speak, soldiers are almost eyeball to eyeball along the border. that has been some disengagement from 2020 of end of the escalation happened when violence happened. been soldiers died, but that it had the escalation is not really resulted in anything substantive that the, the ties are very, very delicately poised at the moment. and the fact that russia, which is which has been traditionally nas but not over the last several decades, especially during the cold war and now seems to be becoming a close ally of china at

a time. but india lies on russia for his defense. supplies is ready, i think an extraordinary situation to be in. and therefore india perhaps is one of the unique countries in the wall at the moment that need to rush out to manage china them. but at the. busy border operationally tactically, as well as a u. s. and the west to manage china. i'm going to strategically at the global level over the long term. so i think it's a very, very difficult position to be diplomatically. and the foreign ministry must be pretty busy. now india is also of course part of the quad, and that includes the u. s. australia and japan. so how does it manage that group of democracies with its relationship with russia and china? is it possible to do all of that? at least i think at the moment trying to do that and, and, and i think the challenge for india means that it is facing pressures from 2 sites . the continental pressure from your

a share with china is stressing its games along the border along the himalayan border. and of course, you have the vast maritime space that we now call as the in the pacific. when again, we are witnessing lot of geopolitical contestation, an india is trying to but know, with like minded countries in the way that in the pacific. so as to create a stable balance of power in that was to in emerging geography. and in that context, it's relationship ward members becomes important because it's not simply the u. s. but also close allies of the u. s. like japan in australia and that had been made the quote along with india and in yes, marketing with these countries to ensure that is some kind of stability in the maritime space. hi pond. thank you so much for joining us. leaders found the association of south east asian nations afghan will convene later this week and down pen there. toughest challenge may well be me and mark where violence has been ongoing between the military regime and the opposition,

asking has struggle to play a meaningful role in the conflict as dw garrick matters reports from thailand. sketching to relax during difficult times. this all student from me and more has been living in neighboring thailand since the military seized power in his country over a year and a half ago. he calls himself out, which is not his real name, but he's afraid of what the meal more army might do to him. if you returns it has asked to stay anonymous. the 24 year old says the people of his country feel let down by the rest of the world. everybody kind of hope for any sort of interference intervention from the international community, especially from our neighbors. an honestly speaking, we have seen so many he statements released by international organizations, different countries, foot apart from statements. i am not sure what we were kind of support. we've

really, cotton uses the ation of southeast asian nations as young which includes thailand, says it remains committed to a peace plan agreed with me on mars military rulers, 18 months ago. but audience principles of non interference and consensus have hindered it so far from taking a more pro active stance asian studies professor now room on top cham palm is convinced that the association will have to abandon these principles if it intends to remain functional. if i say i would like to do with some they or anything it need to reform is or insist them. and in that cares is can be, i mean, my dorothy war. because otherwise the only where if you do not one to 3 farm the way up more thing, if i see him, you just have to get my out with this. i don't think i say one to do that. i but

little one own and his friends back home. this means they will have to continue waiting. i look at the rubric, happy are bloody no. nope. in is really why they just don't know what to do next. they just am out. it's almost like our lives have, have stopped since 2021. i would like to return home and teach art history, but for now his family tells him to consider himself lucky that he's abroad. thanks for watching and have a good day. ah. again they get all the harvesters, are immigrants go, lucas, they everything you enjoy eating at home with your family was harvested by people who are being exploited. estella decently. and we're going to need to. uh huh. can

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