Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor said that India has gone through a very complex and challenging phase in negotiations on its stand on the Ukraine-Russia crisis.
The war (Russia-Ukraine War) is going on between Russia and Ukraine for the last 45 days. Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor said that India has gone through a very "complex and challenging phase" in negotiating its diplomatic stand on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. He said that because of his many interests along with other countries, he is in "a kind of difficult situation in which even a small mistake can have very bad consequences". Shashi Tharoor was answering a question during an interaction after the inauguration of a three-day photo exhibition on 'Ukraine Untold (Glimpses)'.
Been more vocal in reiterating principles: Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor said, 'India has gone through a very complex and challenging period in negotiations on its stand on the Ukraine-Russia crisis. There is no doubt that India in its very first statement was not ready to say anything that would have troubled Russia. "He will have a tough reason to defend and I am sure the talks he is going to have in New Delhi will be very interesting," Tharoor said on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's possible visit to India this week.
India has been more vocal in reiterating its principles: Tharoor
Regarding India's stand on the conflict, the Congress MP said, "We have been more vocal in reiterating our principles in our statements while absent from the vote at the United Nations (on Ukraine crisis) and our diplomacy has taken into account those diverse interests." Which we have to take care of. "We are members of the Quad and we do not want the US to lose sight of the Indo-Pacific and focus solely on Europe," he said.
A small mistake can have bad consequences: Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor said, 'We had to evacuate 23,000 Indian citizens, mostly students, from Ukraine in the first few weeks. Therefore, because of all these interests, we are in a difficult situation, in which even a small mistake can have bad consequences.
