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War in Ukraine: how to explain the "neutrality" of India?

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting in New Delhi.

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By: Adrien Delgrange

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Narendra Modi is in Paris.

The Indian Prime Minister ends this evening (May 4, 2022) his European tour, in the French capital, after passing through Germany and Denmark.

Indian Prime Minister's first official trip abroad since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Allied to both Russia and the West, New Delhi has never explicitly condemned Moscow's aggression.

India is trying, somehow, to maintain a neutral position.

How to explain the current position of India on the international scene?

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