Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP
by selimthegrim on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:54PM
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> Ukraine had voted against India several times in the UNSC and also armed Pakistan and this is remembered by the Indian government.
Which is why Imran Khan’s pro Russia position was so stupid
Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP
by lenkite on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:57PM
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I believe he was looking for cheap oil to kick-start the economy. But Pakistan doesn't have the special refineries that India has to process Russian oil anyways, so he would have been better served to stay silent and do stuff quietly in the background.
Unfortunately, he made a fuss and the US subtly engineered his departure. He is now effectively a non-entity.
Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP
by selimthegrim on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:48PM
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Army may have informed US in advance but I think they are quite capable of taking decisions on their own
Border skirmishes with sticks and fists actually - commanders on both sides firmly respect the "no firearms" rule. The only deaths were in the 2020 flare up. Since then, the recent encounters have been quite literally "body checking" the border with muscle.
Yet the current skirmishes and any future skirmishes have not and will not affect ongoing trade and investment.
India still has $119 billion trade with China. China is India's top trading partner in 2023. There is also significant Chinese investment in India - Oppo, Vivo, Fosun, etc.
Meanwhile Russia continued to be the single largest supplier of crude oil for India, which is converted into petrol and diesel at refineries, for a fifth straight month by supplying more than one-third of all oil India imported.
India is ambivalent/negative to Ukraine and generally abstains from all US proposals that are anti-Russian and votes against Ukrainian proposals. Ukraine had voted against India many, many times at UNSC, so this is effectively "payback".