U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week in Japan. This will happen against the backdrop of attempts by the United States to convince the country to join the sanctions against Russia.
This was told by the national security adviser to the American president, Jake Sullivan, reports CNN.
The leaders will meet on the fields Quad Summit, the central theme of which will be security in the Indo-Pacific region. Sullivan said that when Biden and Modi meet separately, their dialogue will be «constructive and direct.»
He added that this will be a continuation of the conversation that the president and prime minister had on April 11 online. In particular, then they discussed the «destabilizing impact of Russia's war against Ukraine», focusing on global food supplies.
The summit will discuss security issues, in particular Taiwan. Sullivan declined to comment in advance on the Quad leaders' joint statement, but said that neither of them wanted to see military aggression.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which has been going on for 89 days, India has not condemned Moscow's attack, despite the calls of world leaders. Bloomberg reported that Germany is considering not inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in June due to New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn the Russian invasion. Later, the publication reported that Chancellor Olaf Scholz still plans to invite Modi to the event.