German Economic Minister urges New Delhi to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine

Robert Habeck encouraged New Delhi to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while he was in India for three days.

German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck, who is on a three-day visit to India, encouraged New Delhi to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that doing so would strengthen bilateral relations.

If there is injustice, you cannot be impartial. According to Habeck, “There is always going to be an aggressor and a victim, and if you say ‘I don’t discriminate between aggressor and victim,’ you kind of don’t reflect the true reality.

Although he appreciated India’s “tradition and partnership with Russia,” Habeck continued, New Delhi could not maintain its neutrality while the war was still in progress.

According to DW, Habeck stated, “I would be very delighted and it would even benefit in our relationship, if India at least finds unambiguous words and says this is an attack, it’s a one-sided aggression, and it’s Putin’s war.

“Democracies shouldn’t exploit oil sanctions against Russia”

Habeck, who is also Germany’s minister of economy, argued that democracies shouldn’t use Western sanctions or the G7 price restriction on Russian oil to give the country more money to support its conflict in Ukraine.

Russian oil commerce has not been prohibited by Western sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Habeck told reporters outside of an Indo-German Business Forum that giving Russia more money or “using this sanctions system to benefit from it is not the idea of it.”