Aspiring Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. (Photo via her Facebook page)
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that India wants to be a partner with the United States, not Russia, but does not trust Washington to lead.
Speaking to Fox Business News in an interview, Haley, a former US ambassador to the United Nations in the Donald Trump government, said that she has dealt with India and talked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that New Delhi has played smart in the current global situation and stayed close with Russia.
Responding to a question, she said, “I have dealt with India too. I have got to say, I have dealt with India too. I have talked with Modi. India wants to be a partner with us. They don’t want to be a partner with Russia.”
“The problem is, India doesn’t trust us to win. They don’t trust us to lead. They see right now that we’re weak. India has always played it smart. They have played it smart, and they have stayed close with Russia, because that’s where they get a lot of their military equipment,” she added.
“When we start to lead again, when we start to get the weakness out and stop putting our head in the sand, that’s when our friends, India, Australia, New Zealand, all of them will — and Israel, Japan, South Korea — all of them want to do that. Japan gave themselves a billion-dollar stimulus to become less dependent on China,” Haley said, as per a PTI report.
