Tokyo
\nIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden reached \u201csubstantive outcomes\u201d on Tuesday in talks to strengthen their trade and defence ties, India said, though Modi refrained from condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
\nThe leaders are in Tokyo for a meeting of the Quad group of countries \u2014 the US, India, Japan and Australia.
\nOf the four, only India has not condemned Russia\u2019s invasion despite pressure from the US for it to do so.
\n\u201cDiscussed ways to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, technology, defence, P2P ties between the two countries,\u201d Indian foreign ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said on Twitter, referring to people-to-people ties.
\n\u201cConcluded with substantive outcomes adding depth and momentum to the bilateral partnership.\u201d
\nThe White House said in a statement that Biden, in the meeting with Modi, had condemned Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine but there was no mention of Modi doing so. Modi had agreed on humanitarian help for Ukraine, it said.
\n\u201cThe leaders committed to continue providing humanitarian assistance, and discussed how to cooperate to manage disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine, in particular the rise in energy and food prices, to protect their respective citizens and the world,\u201d the White House said.
\nRussia has been India\u2019s biggest arms supplier for decades and India is wary of seeing Russia pushed even closer to China, with which India has serious border disagreements.
\nIndia has called for an end to the violence in Ukraine.
\nThe US has in recent months offered to sell more defence equipment and oil to India to pry it away from Russia. India has also joined a US-led trade partnership, that Biden launched this week, called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.
\nThe White House said India would be joining the US-backed Combined Military Forces-Bahrain as an associate member. The maritime partnership has 34 members from around the world but does not include China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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