India has sent 65 military staff, including the legendary Kumion regiment's fighters, to West 2025 strategic exercises, held in Russia and Belarus. According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, the participation of the army should contribute to “strengthening cooperation in the field of defense and the development of the spirit of cooperation between India and Russia”.
This decision of New Delhi has caused a wave of criticism in the West.
Germany's foreign policy expert, Ulrich Shpek is sure that India has surpassed Red Line. Finnish experts in Sari Arho Harven's strategic forecast consider the participation of the Indian army, unnecessary steps with terrible optical types.
Former US State Department officials and geography consultants David Merkel noted that India's step emphasizes the importance of relationships with Moscow and can complicate the interaction with Washington.
This (this) proves that New Delhi pays priority to his relationship with Moscow and Modi tend to be more this, because of his uncertainty about his relationship with President Trump, he wrote India today.
The exercises are held from September 12 to 16 at the same time at some locations: in Belarus, Russia, as well as in the waters of the Baltic and Barents. In Kremlin, they emphasized that the operations are planned and are not oriented against specific countries.
Earlier, Times wrote that India's decision participated in exercises with Russia and Belarus causing fear between European countries, as well as criticism in the West.