Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says Singapore PM.

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India Abstain from voting for the sad UN resolution of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was informed on Sunday. Loong also said that India did not vote because the country bought military equipment from Moscow.

Russia under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin has launched a special military attack in Ukraine Eastern European countries, displacing millions of people and killing many more

India Abstain from voting in the US who supported the resolution of the UN Security Council in February which adjusted “in the strongest” “aggression” of Russia against Ukraine, with New Delhi said dialogue was the same answer to resolve differences and disputes

In particular, the resolution was never ratified since the permanent Russian members and the President of the Security Council for February use Veto.

India, China, Vietnam and Laos Abstain from voting at the sad UN resolution of the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to various considerations. India, for example, bought military equipment from Russia, “Lee said in Mandarin in an annual speech to Singaporeans, the PTI News Agency reported.

Loong stressed that Singapore was the smallest country in ASEAN, therefore the interests and considerations of the country were different from the others.

This is why Singapore not only explicitly condemns the Russian invasion but also goes further to impose our own targeted sanctions against Russia,” he said.

Lee said Singapore did not side with the United States or Russia when condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Nobody will speak for Singapore if we are attacked one day if we do not stand firm and take a clear attitude towards the Ukraine crisis,” he said.

In March, India Abstain from the UN Security Council for the voting in the Russian resolution draft about the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

Russia and China chose to support the Russian resolution, which did not make a reference for invasion to Ukraine, while India was among the 13 abstaining countries.

India had previously abstained on two occasions on the Security Council and once in the General Assembly on Resolution on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Unlike many other leading Western forces, India has not criticized Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine and absent from the votes on the UN platform in condemning Russian aggression.

India faced criticism from US parliament members, both republic and Democrats, because they chose to distance themselves from the United Nations voice to reprimand Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. New Delhi has a strong defense with Moscow.

In October 2018, India signed an agreement of USD 5 billion with Russia to buy five units of the Triumf S-400 air defense missile system to increase air defense, although there was a warning from the administration that Trump was running with the May contract, the US sanction was invited.

The US has imposed sanctions on Turkey under Caatsa to purchase a number of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.

Apart from the strong objection from the US and the threat of sanctions from the Biden administration, India has refused to make changes in its decision and continue to purchase the missile defense system.

India pursues independent foreign policies and the acquisition of its defense is guided by its national security interests, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) said in November last year.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine also had an impact on the global security landscape, said Loong, added that the possibility of the major Asia-Pacific power that had conflict could not be ruled out.

War has created a deep hostility between Russia and other countries, especially US and NATO countries, he said, added that there was a nuclear force on both sides.

Security in Asia-Pacific is also affected as a relationship between US and Chinese partners in Asia, such as Australia and Japan, has been tense.