{"id":2291166,"date":"2024-07-09T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modi-putin-hug-outlines-indias-warm-relationship-with-russia-as-nato-summit-begins-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:03:33","slug":"modi-putin-hug-outlines-indias-warm-relationship-with-russia-as-nato-summit-begins-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modi-putin-hug-outlines-indias-warm-relationship-with-russia-as-nato-summit-begins-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi-Putin hug outlines India\u2019s warm relationship with Russia as NATO summit begins &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmodi-putin-hug-outlines-indias-warm-relationship-with-russia-as-nato-summit-begins-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-arrington-magnet-of-welfare-services-pulling-migrants-across-the-border\/\" title=\"Rep. Arrington: Magnet of welfare services pulling migrants across the border\">recent visit<\/a> to Russia, where he \u200bhugged Russian President Vladimir \u2063Putin in a\u2062 display of \u200ctheir strong relationship. This visit comes at a time when most of the Western world condemns Russia&#8217;s\u200b war against Ukraine.\u2064 Modi&#8217;s visit \u2062to Russia is his first since the invasion \u2063of Ukraine in 2022, \u2064making him one of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">world leaders<\/a>\u2062 among the United States&#8217;s allies\u2063 to visit\u200d Putin. Both Ukraine and \u2063the U.S. disapproved of the visit, with concerns being raised about India&#8217;s relationship with\u200d Russia. Despite the tensions, Modi spoke positively about Russia during his visit and highlighted concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-declares-state-of-war-as-palestinian-terrorists-launch-massive-surprise-attack-on-jewish-holiday\/\" title=\"Israel declares &#039;state of war&#039; as Palestinian terrorists launch massive surprise attack during Jewish holiday.\">civilian\u200d casualties<\/a> in Ukraine. This\u200b visit highlights India&#8217;s close relationship with Russia and \u2064its role as\u2063 a key world power in international relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Modi-Putin hug outlines India\u2019s warm relationship with Russia as NATO summit begins<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rokeefe\/\">Ross O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-09T12:26:27-04:00\">July 9, 2024 12:26 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1698485\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Indian<\/a> Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/narendra-modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Narendra Modi<\/a> hugged Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Monday in a display of the two nation\u2019s strong relationship while most of the Western world condemns Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Modi\u2019s visit to Russia is his first since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and he\u2019ll be one of the first world leaders among the United States\u2019s allies to visit Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ukraine and the U.S. disapproved of the visit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made quite clear directly with India our concerns about their relationship with Russia,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made his concerns more obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world\u2019s largest democracy hug the world\u2019s most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Modi spoke well of Russia during his visit and largely avoided confrontation outside of a moment when he alluded to a recent Russian missile strike on a children\u2019s hospital in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who believes in humanity is aggrieved at the loss of life in war or in terror attacks,\u201d Modi told Putin. \u201cEven so, it breaks our hearts to see innocent children get killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin seemingly sidestepped a straight response to Modi\u2019s concern, saying, \u201cI am grateful to you for the attention you are paying to the most pressing issues, including trying to find some ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, and of course, primarily by peaceful means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia previously denied striking civilian targets, but at least 22 people, including two children, were killed in Kyiv on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>India appears to be the closest world power to Russia outside of China. Putin made his last international visit to the country on Dec. 6, 2021, in New Delhi. He hasn\u2019t visited the U.S. since 2015, though has made trips to China each year since the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons for India\u2019s relationship with Russia is they are a major defense supplier for the country and share nearly $65 billion in trade.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes as the U.S. celebrates the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington, D.C., where many world leaders such as President Joe Biden and Zelensky are expected to speak. NATO was originally formed as a measure to prevent Russia from invading, given the alliance would force every country to join a theoretical conflict. India is not part of NATO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia will likely be addressed at this week\u2019s summit, awkwardly for India, which is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate\">maintain close relations<\/a> with both the U.S. and Russia, who have a strained relationship due to the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>The summit begins Tuesday and will finish Thursday. Biden is expected to speak on its opening day.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1698485\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1698485\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warm relationship between India and Russia was highlighted by a hug between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, despite Western condemnation of Russia&#8217;s actions in Ukraine. Modi&#8217;s visit to Russia, the first since the invasion of Ukraine, drew criticism from the US and Ukraine. India&#8217;s strong ties with Russia, a major defense supplier, have strained its relationships with both the US and Russia. The NATO summit, where Russia is likely to be discussed, begins this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2291167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24190709790668.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34373,28205,34189,3733,32076],"class_list":["post-2291166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-india-russia-relationship","tag-modi","tag-nato-summit","tag-putin","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24190709790668.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}