The Predictability of India’s UN Abstentions on the Ukrainian Crisis

Since Russian forces launched their titanic military assault on Ukraine on February 24, India chose to remain an abstainer on both the Russian-vetoed bids by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to respond to the spirailng crisis: first, on the U.S.-sponsored resolution to condemn Moscow’s astou...

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Published inDiplomat (Rozelle, N.S.W.)
Main Author Roy, Anubhav
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Tribune Content Agency LLC 03.03.2022
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Councils
Diplomatic & consular services
Invasions
Military technology
Prime ministers
Singh, Manmohan
Czech Republic
Pakistan
United States > US
China
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR
Russia
India
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Summary:Since Russian forces launched their titanic military assault on Ukraine on February 24, India chose to remain an abstainer on both the Russian-vetoed bids by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to respond to the spirailng crisis: first, on the U.S.-sponsored resolution to condemn Moscow’s astounding turn to war, and then, the procedural vote to shift deliberations on the issue to the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA). The U.S. has recently emerged as one of India’s top crude oil suppliers too. [...]India is “Ukraine’s largest export destination in the Asia-Pacific” and, in turn, a client of Kyiv’s Antonov enterprise to source spares for its sizable fleet of An-32 military transport aircrafts. [...]even though an energy-thirsty India buys negligible volumes of oil and natural gas from Russia – one of the world’s top two exporters of both – it is the military strand of the trade between them that carries a decisive heft.
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ISSN:1446-697X