The India I love is multicultural, spiritual, says outgoing German envoy Walter Lindner
The HinduGermany will not make any “public criticism” of India’s decision to increase its import of Russian oil, German Ambassador Walter Lindner said on Wednesday, indicating that despite their own plans to cut oil dependency on Russia by 90% by the end of 2022, European countries understand that the Indian position on the war in Ukraine is unlikely to change. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Germany to attend the G-7 summit of industrialised nations on June 26-28, where India is among the special invitees, Mr. Lindner said while the economic impact of the war would dominate the discussions, India’s stand on buying oil or banning wheat exports would not. To a specific question about India’s intake of Russian oil increasing nearly nine times its monthly average from last year, Mr. Lindner said Germany planned to cut its own oil dependency on Russia “drastically” by August, and “put the brakes” on other energy imports at the earliest. Mr. Lindner said that the difference in India’s stand would have “no impact” on ties with the European Union.
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