“US envoy Eric Garcetti pontificates India on PM Modi’s Russia visit: Why America has no moral authority to dictate foreign policies for its allies”, Opindia, July 12, 2024:

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent trip to Russia and his visible bonhomie with President Vladimir Putin has expectedly irked many in the West who have been slamming the close ties between the two countries under the guise of the Ukraine war.

Now, the United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has launched a veiled attack on the Indian prime minister and went so far as to threaten ties with the Western power. He, while speaking at the Defence News Conclave organised by CUTS International in Delhi on 11th July stated that India likes its strategic autonomy, however, no such thing exists during a conflict.

Eric Garcetti remarked that “no war is distant any more” in today’s interconnected globe and that in addition to advocating for peace, people need to take proactive steps to ensure that those who don’t follow the norms of peace, their war machines “cannot continue unabated…….”

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