India: Ukraine policy - 'Kindly don't patronise us,' India's UN representative tells Dutch diplomat

NEW DELHI, 07 May 2022, (TON): India's permanent ambassador to the UN and the Dutch ambassador to the UK had a short, snappy exchange on Twitter, after the envoy tried to school New Delhi on its Ukraine policy.

This came shortly after India's permanent ambassador TS Tirumurti to the UN made his statement at a UNSC briefing on Ukraine.

Netherland's ambassador to the UK Karel van Oosterom tweeted "you should not have abstained in the GA. Respect the UN Charter.”

The retort from Tirumurti did not take long in coming.

Tirumurti said in response “kindly don't patronise us, Ambassador. We know what to do.”

The Dutch ambassador's unsolicited comment is in line with what several Western nations feel- that India should take a hard stand on Russia vis-à-vis the Ukraine conflict.

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