{"id":184024,"date":"2025-09-21T11:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=184024"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:41:39","slug":"eu-sanctions-plan-russian-drills-put-strain-on-indias-ties-with-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/21\/eu-sanctions-plan-russian-drills-put-strain-on-indias-ties-with-europe.html","title":{"rendered":"EU sanctions plan, Russian drills put strain on India\u2019s ties with Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-184025\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/4640424-1402202604-330x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/4640424-1402202604-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/4640424-1402202604.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>Brussels: Tensions are growing between the European Union and India after Brussels proposed sanctions that could, for the first time, target Indian entities over alleged links to Russia\u2019s war machine, even as concerns mount over New Delhi\u2019s participation in large-scale military drills hosted by Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the European Commission on Friday unveiled its 19th package of sanctions against Russia, aimed at choking off access to sensitive technologies such as artificial intelligence and geospatial data that bolster Moscow\u2019s weapons production. Officials confirmed that entities from India and China are under consideration for inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes just days after the EU announced it was upgrading its relationship with India to a \u201cstrategic priority,\u201d underscoring the awkward diplomatic timing. The latest friction also follows calls by US President Donald Trump urging Brussels to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on India as part of broader pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas acknowledged that foreign suppliers, including from India, had been flagged in the sanctions discussions. \u201cWe know our sanctions are effective,\u201d European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, stressing the bloc\u2019s resolve to tighten the screws on countries enabling Moscow\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, India has drawn criticism in Europe for sending a 57-member contingent of the Kumaon Regiment to \u201cZapad 2025,\u201d a massive military exercise held in Russia and Belarus from September 10\u201316 involving around 40,000 troops. European officials said the move undermines Western efforts to diplomatically isolate Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s Ministry of Defence defended its participation, saying the drills aimed to strengthen defence cooperation and camaraderie with Russia. The Ministry of External Affairs further noted that other countries, including NATO members Turkiye and Hungary, also took part as observers.<\/p>\n<p>Observers believe the twin issues of sanctions and military drills could inject new strain into already uneasy EU-India relations, which remain complicated by New Delhi\u2019s growing energy and defence ties with Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels: Tensions are growing between the European Union and India after Brussels proposed sanctions that could, for the first time, target Indian entities over alleged links to Russia\u2019s war machine, even as concerns mount over New Delhi\u2019s participation in large-scale military drills hosted by Moscow. According to Kashmir Media Service, the European Commission on Friday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/4640424-1402202604.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184026,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184024\/revisions\/184026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}