Reacting to the shock victory of Donald Trump within the US election, a former Indian diplomats mentioned on Wednesday that the India-US ties will proceed to develop. Nonetheless, be cautioned that Trump will be extremely unpredictable and India must undertake the wait-and-watch technique.
Venu Rajamony, who served as India’s envoy to the Netherlands from 2017 to 2020, mentioned India should “rigorously and consciously” transfer ahead.
“I believe India-US relations are based mostly on a powerful basis. India has labored with the earlier Trump authorities. President Trump and Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi take pleasure in a great private relationship and the Indian group within the US is a powerful bulwark of this relationship. So, we will presume that the India-US relationship will proceed to develop from power to power,” he instructed PTI.
He mentioned India cannot take the connection as a right.
He mentioned for Donald Trump, it’s all the time America first. He mentioned since Trump desires to safe America’s pursuits first, New Delhi must be ready for the ups and downs within the bilateral relationship.
“So, it’s in our curiosity to guard and protect our strategic autonomy. We could discover extra strain from some… from the US, to try to dilute that autonomy and make us extra of, type of an ally of theirs which will not be in our curiosity. So, we should rigorously and consciously transfer ahead whilst we do every thing potential to strengthen the connection,” Rajamony added.
“He’s extremely unpredictable. So, we must wait and watch to see what place he adopts, he has to formulate his overseas coverage crew and there’s nonetheless time for him until January to imagine workplace,” the previous diplomat mentioned.
Donald Trump defeated his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
India’s former ambassador to Italy, KP Fabian, mentioned, “Coming to strategic relations, Trump will likely be supportive of a more in-depth relationship with India.”
Rajamony, when requested if the Ukraine warfare will likely be excessive on Trump’s agenda, mentioned, “Completely”.
“He himself had mentioned that it’s excessive on his agenda and understanding the type of particular person he’s, he could not even wait until the formal inauguration, so he could make statements, make strikes which point out or replicate his considering on how the issue needs to be solved. So, allow us to wait and watch,” he added.
Rajamony cautioned that anti-immigrant and anti-minority sentiments may additionally spiral towards India. “We must be cautious and cautious of that,” he mentioned.
Donald Trump has grow to be the one US president after Grover Cleveland to serve non-consecutive phrases.
With inputs from PTI
