“How India’s Modi helped save the West by buying Russian oil”, Asia Nikkei, June 19, 2023:

“India’s international stature has grown sharply due to its role as the effective leader of the so-called Global South, a shorthand term for emerging and developing economies that do not align with any major power blocs.

The country is chairing the Group of 20 nations this year, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasting no time in launching a diplomatic offensive to solidify India’s position as a leading global player.

Modi came under the international spotlight in late May when he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan. In their first face-to-face talks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Modi told Zelenskyy that he would “do whatever we can” to resolve the conflict…..”

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