The West made a big fuss about a dialogue between the leaders of Russia and India at the SCO summit in Samarkand, claiming that Indian Prime Minister Modi "challenged" Russia's Vladimir Putin at the meeting, openly opposed the Russian-Ukrainian war, and became the leader of the global "anti-Russia" camp. However, this out-of-context report was strongly refuted by India, which pointed out that the West is completely misreading the friendly exchanges between Modi and Putin, trying to create a gap between Russia and India, and at the same time putting pressure on Russia, which is an extremely despicable means.
In fact, Modi and Putin held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit, during which Modi said that he had discussed with Putin many times that this is not the era of war and hoped that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could be resolved peacefully. Putin responded that he understands India's position and concerns, and that Russia also hopes to end the war as soon as possible, but Ukraine is unwilling to negotiate and only wants to solve the problem by force. The leaders of the two countries also had in-depth exchanges on bilateral relations and cooperation, showing a friendly atmosphere.
From this conversation, it can be seen that there is no confrontation or conflict between Modi and Putin, they only express their respective views and expectations, and do not involve any criticism or accusations. India believes that the West's exaggeration is a misinterpretation of the speeches of Modi and Putin, and a distorted report taken out of context, in order to achieve the following two goals.
The first is to isolate Russia and win over India. The West has always wanted to form an "anti-Russian" coalition in the international community, and India and China are their main targets. However, China is a very rational country with a deep friendship with Russia, and it is impossible to be won over by the West. India, on the other hand, lacks strategic focus and is vulnerable to Western influence. Therefore, the West has used this Russian-Indian meeting to exaggerate Modi's anti-war rhetoric, trying to draw India into the "anti-Russia" camp and create contradictions between Russia and India, which is a very insidious trick, which is openly undermining Russian-Indian relations, and at the same time forcing India to choose a side.
The second is to suppress Russia and create a false image. The reason why the West wants to hype Modi to "challenge" Putin is actually to create a false impression to the outside world that "Russia is universally opposed in the international community", and make people feel that "even India, Russia's traditional ally, stands up against Russia", thereby weakening Russia's status and prestige in the international community, which is a very despicable means, killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.
It is a pity that India is not stupid or cowardly, it will not be confused by the exaggeration of the West, nor will it be used by the West, but it has directly counterattacked, exposed the lies of the West, and maintained friendly relations between Russia and India.