‘Indian Diplomats Excellent, They Know What to Do’: German Envoy on Ukraine War

Referring to India’s stand at the international forums on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, German Ambassador to India, Walter J Lindner on Sunday said that India has excellent diplomatic service and seeing the global world order their diplomats know what to do regarding India’s stand on the issue.

Speaking to ANI, the German envoy said, “India has excellent diplomatic service, they know what to do… It’s not about Ukraine or the EU or NATO… it is about the global world order…We all have to stand together against it,” said Lindner on how European Union sees India’s role in the global matter.

India and 34 other countries on Wednesday abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution that censured Russia over its military actions against Ukraine. India had earlier abstained from the UN Security Council procedural vote to call for a United Nations General Assembly session on the Ukraine crisis.

India along with China and UAE had last week abstained from a US-sponsored resolution against Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. Moscow vetoed the resolution.

“Watch the global order. Do we want that this kind of massive, aggressive attack on a peaceful and democratic neighbour is the rule of the game? This will set a precedent for every disputed border in future to recourse to violence. So, we all have to stand together against Putin and say ‘No Putin, Stop it,” said Lindner.

Regarding Germany’s position to NATO, he said, “You have to ask this to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he had from ‘Day One’ started to lie saying that the military buildup was just a manoeuvre. He said that he is not invading, just rescuing the Russian speaking people there. He is bombarding everyone, then he says our people are peacekeepers and what do they do? They shell everyone, day and night, seven days a week. From the word go, he was lying. NATO is a defence alliance, we have never been aggressive, never invaded anyone, never attacked anyone.”

Source: HT