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‘Don’t patronize us’ over Ukraine - India warns Netherlands

India's UN Permanent Rep, TS Tirumurti, has accused the Netherlands of “patronizing” his country after the Dutch ambassador to the UK publicly scolded New Delhi for abstaining on UN General Assembly resolutions on Ukraine.

"Kindly don't patronise us, Ambassador. We know what to do," Tirumurti tweeted Dutch envoy Karel van Oosterom Thursday, in response to the ambassador’s now-deleted warning that India should “respect the UN Charter,” and “not abstain” on votes.

Despite growing pressure to join the West in isolating Russia over the Ukraine conflict, New Delhi has been reluctant to cut ties with Moscow and abstained on multiple votes against Russia.

Tirumurti reiterated India's position that "pursuing the path of dialogue and diplomacy" is the "only way out" of the crisis.

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