'India is not Russia...': US NSA Jake Sullivan on giving a 'free pass' to Delhi

Responding to a question on why the United States of America gives a “free pass” to India and China on Russian aggression, the National Security Advisor of the US, Jake Sullivan, said that India is not Russia and is different from China. “We've taken a variety of actions to protect America’s security vis-a-vis threats to the U.N.C., and we have to make sure American technology can't be used against us. President Biden is the first to take those steps, and no other administration has done so; with respect to India, whether it comes to relations including the watch list or otherwise, we make those concerns clear, and we defend US interests as we do with every country in the world. Now, India is not Russia, and China has its own set of challenges we deal with in its own context. Of course, there are going to be differences in how we deal with countries one by one but the idea, the north star of this administration, is if you represent a threat to the American people's security, prosperity, or basic sense of fairness, we'll take action to defend that. I think our record on that across multiple countries, including the ones you mentioned, is quite clear for the last two-and-a-half years,” said the NSA, Jake Sullivan, on September 21.

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[Sreerag]

Journalist concern shows India is going in right direction.

[praveenm]

Americans need to understand that just because India is friendly towards US, it does not mean it would listen to everything that US says.

[mithunaa]

America is very clever.
Banning Russia, China and India together is Just like a declaration of world war 3.
😂

[suriyaraj]

Wait, if india dont want to trade in dollar than whats problem? India has right if it it dont want to traflde in dollar to safeguard its interest so that USA dont interfare in its internal affair.Cant believe what a hypocratic question he asked😂

[CosmicValkyrie]

It's not a free pass, USA doesn't want to worsen the relationship with india for some dumb press.

[Aashu]

I wouldn’t be surprised if that journalist was given the question by the State Department prior to the press conference.😂

[sungalaxy]

How did an alleged criminal with interpol arrest warrant become an citizen of Canada.

[vijaygiridhar]

Journalist are more concerned about the growth of other countries than their own country issues 😅😅

[sridharprasanth]

How tf is that agression 😂, India is never been the country to do corporate espionage. It's China that y'all should be worried about, also how is India trading in rupees with others an agression?

[auto-govern]

Sir, Rightly mentioned so in the same context every country including India has same commitment to its citizens "if anyone represents a threat to the Indian people's security, prosperity or basic sense of fairness - the Indian government is obliged to take action to defend it's people's interest anywhere on the planet and beyond".

[debashishdas]

India is a Sovereign and democratic country.
And India will defend the interest of its people at first.

[vaibhavbhoyar]

Russia is trusted nation America .. Indian love Russia

[Halzholic]

Not using dollar for trade that does not involve US is an aggression? What is that reporter smoking? lol. 2 countries can trade in whatever the hell they want, barter if they will.

[lalfam]

The guy's basically asking "who are these people to go against our lords?" Yeah no! Those days are done my guy.

[anupamdas]

India is not puppet country.. if all Indian don't use your company products 😂😂😂 that time your face😭😭

[striker]

This reporter saying " India part of BRICS, not deal8ng with dollars." 😂😂😂 🤡 reporter.

[Houbaraoutdoors]

Who is usa to give pass to india😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂

[zoravar]

If west supports you u r right but if west opposess you u r definitely right 👍👍

[nirajchaudhary]

What free pass? I think you will need to listen to it again. I don’t know why even economic times had hard time understanding the answer.

[mallikadas]

Don't ever and ever trust America 👍👍👍👍