US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that the United States will have consultations with India on the crisis in Ukraine following a military operation from Russia.
"We are going to have consultations with India (on the Ukrainian crisis). We haven't resolved that fully,” Biden told reporters during a White House news conference on the Ukrainian crisis.
He was responding to a question if India was fully on board with the United States on the Russian aggression.
It is understood that India and the US are not on the same page on the Ukrainian crisis.
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India has a historic and time-tested friendship with Russia. At the same time, its strategic partnership with the US has grown at an unprecedented pace over the last decade and half.
PTI has reported that the White House, the State Department and its National Security Council have reached out to their Indian counterparts at multiple levels seeking full support from it on the Ukrainian crisis.
According to the PTI, US officials have expressed their displeasure with their Indian counterparts at the latest Indian position.
Earlier in the day, PM Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for immediate end to the military strikes.