The G20 Summit is over
The bottom line?
India got pretty much everything it wanted
Here's everything India achieved in 10 tweets 🧵
Shashank Mattoo
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Shashank Mattoo
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America Correspondent for @htTweets | Formerly - @IndiaToday @livemint @orfonline | MPhil @Cambridge_Uni | Kashmiri lad | He/Him | Views Personal
- "India is the world's fifth largest economy. We have no interest in getting caught in a meaningless war with a bunch of Islamist fanatics," says Shashi Tharoor
00:00 - 20 years have passed since the US-led invasion of Iraq Back in 2003, Washington pushed India to send troops & help stabilize Iraq After months of debate & diplomacy, 🇮🇳 refused It was one of India's wisest foreign policy decisions 🧵on why 🇮🇳 refused to send troops to Iraq
- A senior Indian spy betrayed his country for America RAW officer Rabinder Singh was a secret CIA agent for years But then, India launched a mission to catch Singh 🧵on this CIA-RAW battle
- Journalist: India and China are contributing to the Ukraine war President Zelensky: No, India is mostly on our side. We do have problems on energy but those can be managed. Europe must build strong ties with India. We must not withdraw from the Indians.
00:00 - A tiny country has become one of India's most exciting relationships Its massive oil reserves are set to make it one of the world's richest countries It has a 350,000+ Indian diaspora & major defence purchases from 🇮🇳 lined up 🧵on how a tiny nation became vital to 🇮🇳 (1/10)
- You’re probably heard way too much about India and the G20 Most of it is just noise Here’s all you really need to know in 10 tweets🧵
- "Let's be clear. India wants nothing Pakistan has. India is happy to leave PAK alone. But Pakistan is a bigoted power that wants to take over parts of India only because the people living there share the same religion as Pakistanis," says Shashi Tharoor
00:00 - Journalist: India says the U.S. buys Russian uranium and fertilizers while criticising India for buying Russian energy. Your response? Trump: I don’t know anything about that.
00:00 - India just lost its best friend in Asia Sheikh Hasina's fall in Bangladesh will a big worry for India Here's why🧵
- Donald Trump is set to become U.S. President again That's both good AND bad news for India Here's all you need to know🧵
- CNN Anchor: Is this a religious war between Pakistani Muslims and Indian Hindus? Amb. Vinay Kwatra: We are at war with terrorists who killed our civilians
00:00 - India-Canada ties were destroyed today The relationship won’t recover for years But there's a 10 year backstory to this whole crisis Here's all you need to know🧵
- "If Pakistan uses false claims to target Indian dams, then PAK will be entirely responsible for the consequences," declares Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri
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