President Biden’s embrace of Modi overshadowed warnings from human rights groups, and former president Barack Obama, that India may be a brittle U.S. partner. And since Modi became prime minister, religious minorities have faced violence and persecution.
. A White House celebration surrounded by 7,000 adoring supporters who dwarfed the dissenters. And on Friday, speeches to business titans who want to make money in the world’s most populous nation.
Administration officials said they delivered their concerns about the rights of Muslims and other minority groups, but quietly. The louder messages underscored Washington’s need for a strong partner in New Delhi at a time when the United States has entered a swaggering competition with Beijing for control over the architecture of global trade and security.
Obama said safeguarding minority rights in India is important to raise, in part as a question of ensuring the stability of the country. “We hope that India will continue to use the G-7 oil price cap to leverage lower costs for the Russian oil that it purchases,” the official said, referring to an effort by major world economies to sanction the sale of Russian oil above a set price. “That’s in the interest of all of us that it buys Russian crude at rock-bottom prices.
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