Nueva Delhi: The leader of Congress, Shashi Tharoor, has recognized on Tuesday that his initial criticism of India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine war has left it with “egg on his face.” Speaking in him Raisina dialogue In Delhi, Tharoor admitted that the neutral policy of India has positioned it as a key player to foster lasting peace and has a prime minister “that can hug both the president of Ukraine and the President in Moscow.”
Tharoor, who had previously asked India to condemn Russia’s aggression, said during a session: “I am still cleaning the egg of my face because I was one of the few in the Parliament that criticized India’s position in February 2022.”
The deputy of Thiruvananthapuram explained that his criticism was based on the violation of the UN Charter and the sovereignty of Ukraine. However, three years later, he now recognizes that the balanced approach of India has allowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get so involved with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a few weeks apart.
“All these principles had been violated by a party and we should have condemned it. Well, three years later it seems that I am the one who has the egg in my face because clearly the policy has meant that India really has a prime minister that can hug both the president of Ukraine (Zelenskyy) and the president in Moscow (Putin) two weeks of separation and be accepted in both places,” he said according to the PTI news agency.
With the warning that he was talking to his personal capacity and not on behalf of the government as he is in the opposition, Tharoor suggested that India could be open to send Peace forces If there was a peace agreement agreed between Russia and Ukraine.
He pointed out that Russia has ruled out the NATO peace forces, making non -European forces more viable. “As an Indian parliamentarian, I don’t think there is a strong resistance to the idea,” he said, citing the extensive history of India in peace maintenance missions.
Tharoor recalled how, in 2003, the Parliament of India firmly rejected the sending of troops to Iraq after the invasion led by the United States. However, he said: “I don’t see that happens to Ukraine.”
India has participated in more than 49 UN peacekeeping missions, reinforcing its long -standing compromise with global stability.
