Thursday, September 29, 2022

U.S. And Allies Want China And India To 'Talk Sense' Into Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in the Japanese city of Osaka, June 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)  

Politico: Calls grow for China and India to talk sense into Putin 

“They could let Mr. Putin know what a disastrously bad idea any use of nuclear weapons would be,” one U.S. official said. 

The U.S. and its allies are hoping to rally the international community to send an unmistakable message to Vladimir Putin: Using nuclear weapons would prompt a crippling economic and diplomatic response, even from Russia’s friends. 

 In particular, calls are growing inside and outside the Biden administration to enlist China and India, two major powers with close ties to Moscow, to amp up the pressure on Putin by signaling that even a limited nuclear strike in Ukraine would sever what few global lifelines Russia has left.  

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WNU Editor: India is going to stay neutral, and China is not going to undermine their strategic partner Russia. In fact. Chinese state media is now openly "hinting" that it was the US that sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines, and is the one that is escalating the Russia - Ukraine war .... Nord Stream pipeline leaks fuel West-Russia info war, intensify confrontation (Global Times).

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