Donfried was responding to a question during a telephone conference on India purchasing oil from Russia and said," we are not looking to sanction India. Our relations with India is the most consequential relationship."
"We welcome India's support for the people of Ukraine by providing humanitarian assistance, and calls by India for immediate end for Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine," Donfried said during a telephonic conference alongside US Assistant Secretary Bureau of Energy Resources, Geoffrey R.
Delivering his first major speech to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, Biden said, "We're gonna stand with you -- as long as it takes," addressing the Ukrainian ambassador to the US, who was in attendance.
"The pandemic disrupted our supply chains and Putin's unfair and brutal war in Ukraine disrupted energy supplies as well as food supplies," said Biden to Congress."But we're better positioned than any country on Earth right now," he said in his State of the Union address.
The package will include 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 45 Army Tactical Missile Systems, the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System and related equipment.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he fears the world was headed for a "wider war" as the potential for escalation of the Ukraine war continues.
China has started promoting Rice bran as the staple food which somewhere hints at the ongoing food shortage in the country, as since 2020, shortages have remained a significant issue for the Chinese masses, Geo Politik reported.
The conflict between Moscow and Kyiv continues to escalate as in the latest, a Russian missile strike in Eastern Ukraine's city of Kramatorsk killed 3 people, CNN reported citing Police officials.
Pakistan and United States officials said that the potential food crisis, Ukraine war, inflation and devaluation of the rupee are the 'real concerns' in Islamabad, Dawn reported.
While talking to reporters, Biden said, "I'm not sure," but in a separate question regarding the Poland tour, the US president said that he would visit a crucial ally, but that date was not yet determined.
"As far as I could discuss some related matters with the Government of India and as far as I could read some of the plans the Government of India is pursuing for this year, it's very promising for the world, for the global south, and for this country as well," he said in an exclusive intervi