Since Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine, India has abstained five times. While none of these abstentions altered the vote's outcome, they were motivated by the South Asian country's desire to ensure its supply of defence weapons.
While India's neutrality gives crucial comfort to an increasingly isolated Russia, its abstentions are causing issues in other quarters and have elicited "great discontent," according to one member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during a hearing last week.
When the Korean War began in 1950, the Communist Soviet Union, China, and its allies were already engaged in a "Cold War" with capitalist nations.
By refusing to join either side in the Korean War, India performed an innovative and helpful role.
The United States requested India to join the coalition military.
The Indian Parliament condemned the invasion and demanded a prompt withdrawal of occupation forces, with the UN playing a key role. In retrospect, India's stance seems to be justifiable. Indian soldiers were pressed to join the Coalition of the Willing. Fortunately, India had Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a gentleman who turned down America's request for 20,000 Indian troops on the ground after the occupation of Iraq began. New Delhi was well aware that the invasion and occupation were clearly unlawful, with potentially disastrous consequences for West Asia.

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