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LucysFiesole t1_ixphwns wrote

Reply to comment by ummagummabubba in First ever Franco-India-German military exercise slated for 2024 by RaChoke

Ya, not sure what India's interests are in fighting Russia anyway. Russia is supplying them with their oil. In fact, October saw an all-time high of imports of Russian oil to India. It is not in India's interest to fight Russia.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/russia-becomes-the-no-1-oil-supplier-for-india-in-october/articleshow/95240329.cms

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Reselects420 t1_ixrq867 wrote

This is nothing to do with Russia though?

>“We will have the three nations to do military cooperation and maneuver in the Indo Pacific in the years to come. So you will see more of Germany in this region, because our government policy sees this as an area of an area of tension. This is because of the self confident China, which concerns us and should worry us, and because of the Indo Pacific, Germany will be present more around this region,” he adds

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Reselects420 t1_ixsdwri wrote

I still don’t really see how that relates to your comment.

>not sure what India’s interest are in fighting Russia anyway.

No nation has an interest in fighting Russia.

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Reselects420 t1_ixu31rp wrote

I feel like you don’t have any clue what you’re talking about but still want to give your opinion.

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Reselects420 t1_ixu79av wrote

There’s two threats: China and Russia. Europe and US are part of NATO, so Russia isn’t really a threat per se. But China is actually a threat, with its huge economy and military. India is nowhere near Europe. This whole military exercise will be to better prepare for China, not Russia. The Indo-Pacific region. So I still don’t understand your point with “It is not in India’s interest to fight Russia”.

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[deleted] t1_ixu7xcn wrote

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Reselects420 t1_ixu8goa wrote

I just don’t think that the quote implies they’re looking at Russia only. To me, it says “we got a wake up call with that Russian invasion, so now we’re going to look at our defence relations.” And it doesn’t make sense to talk about expanding relations in the Indo-Pacific and the threat that China poses, if it was just about defending against Russia. Oh well

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Reselects420 t1_ixu8xzd wrote

Yeah I don’t think India holding joint military exercises with Germany and France in the Indo-pacific region has anything to do with Russia. But I guess we can just disagree

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msnrcn t1_ixq6yk8 wrote

That’s what I’m saying. Why TF would anyone want them playing wargames with our assets after seeing them maneuver with Russia this year?

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Reselects420 t1_ixrqb1f wrote

Because India and the western countries do still have one mutual enemy; China.

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