The European Union in continuous dialogue with India’s “friends and partners” to keep New Delhi provide assessment and concern about the situation in Ukraine after the buildup of the Russian troops, said an edu official.
New Delhi: The European Union (EU) has notified India about its concerns over the situation in Ukraine and its plans to impose “massive consequences” if Russian aggression occurs in Eastern European countries.
The EU in constant dialogue with India, which is seen as a “friend and partner”, to look after New Delhi gave his assessment and concern about the situation in Ukraine after a large accumulation of Russian troops, an EU official told Indian Reporter groups on Wednesday.
The EU, along with NATO and its allies like the US, has prepared “strong tariff and reaction actions if further aggression occurs against Ukraine”.
The official added: “There will be great consequences. The European Union stands in Ukarine, but at the same time, we do our best to explore all the ways for dialogatics and diplomatic solutions.”
EU officials avoided questions on the expectations of block 27 members from India regarding the situation in Ukraine and said groupings had presented to the Indian side “view of the situation, our perspective and our assessment”.
“We have greatly insisted on the fact that the principles and agreements that underlie European security must be respected … international governance systems based on rules for all, both in Europe or the whole world,” officially added.
India has not spoken to Russian actions along the border with Ukraine considering close strategic bonds between New Delhi and Moscow. It has opposed all steps that increase tensions in Ukraine and call for calm diplomacy to ensure de-escalation immediately while ensuring “legitimate security interests of all countries”.
With the Minister of External Affairs Jaisankar will travel to Europe this week to participate in the Munich Security Conference and the Minister’s Forum at Indo Pacific organized by France, India can face pressure from the EU partner to change its position if there are aggressive. If there is action by Russia against Ukraine.
Jaisankarkar will participate in a security conference, one of the world’s largest meetings about international security policies, during February 18-20. He is also expected to hold bilateral talks with Josep Borrell, head of foreign affairs and EU security. Russia did not attend this year’s event, which is likely to be dominated by the situation in Ukraine. Jaisankar will then travel to France for a personal Indo-Pacific forum on February 22.
European Union officials quoted above further, “What we want to convey is that all our efforts are directed at dialogue but we stand firm on our principles that cannot be negotiated because they define the essence of European security architecture.”
The official added, “The effort to unilaterally defines the security architecture in Europe is unacceptable because it will damage the core principles in which European security is built, both Helsinki’s final actions in 1975 or Paris Charter in 1990.”
There is a “large concentration of troops and weapons” and “there is clearly a vis-a-vis threat of Ukraine”. During the past seven years, Ukraine suffered other acts of aggression such as “Crimean’s illegal anexation and the situation in Donbas”, European Union officials showed.