It is going to be a long-term proposition for India — which has a decades-old relationship with Moscow — to reorient its foreign policy away from Russia, the U.S. has said, insisting that re-aligning one’s approach is not like flipping a light switch.
When asked about India increasing its imports of Russian oil and fertilisers and potentially buying the Russian air defence systems, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, “It is not for me to speak about another country’s foreign policy.”
“But what I can do is point out what we have heard from India. We have seen countries around the world speak clearly, including with their votes in the U.N. General Assembly against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine,” Mr. Price told reporters in Washington.
