The United States was quick to back India’s recent and more explicit expression of disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the latest U.S. official to echo Prime Minister Modi’s message to Mr. Putin that now was not the time for war.
“We could not agree more,” Mr. Blinken said, during a joint press event with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, held at the State Department on Tuesday, following U.S.-India bilateral talks.
The Secretary was referring to Mr. Modi telling Mr. Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, that this was not the era for war.
