Russia Slams The QUAD; Puts India In The Firing Line As Moscow Inches Closer To China
December 11, 2020
Just when India thought that it was successfully balancing its ties with the US and Russia two arch-rivals the Russian foreign minister has accused “the West” led by the US of using India as an “object” in its “Anti-China games”.
India-China Dispute
India and China have been standing eye to eye at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh for almost six months now. Tensions have been escalating after the troops from both sides got into a brutal clash in June that resulted in 20 Indian casualties and an unconfirmed number on the other side.
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Why is Russia participating in the AMAN-2021 naval drills?
The improvement of relations with Pakistan allows Moscow to perfect its sensitive “balancing” act in Eurasia
The Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet announced on Thursday that it plans to participate in next year’s multinational AMAN-2021 naval drills to be hosted by Pakistan. These biennial exercises aim to improve joint coordination in maritime rescue missions and combating piracy, among other issues of common concern. It’s extremely symbolic that Russia agreed to participate since its fleet said that it’ll be the first time since the “Bold Monarch-2011” exercises off of the Spanish coast that its naval forces will join NATO’s. Other than Pakistan, Russia, and the US, nearly 30 other countries’ navies will take part in next year’s drills too.