India, facing China concerns, abstained from UN resolution to appease Russia: foreign policy expert

India abstained from a United Nations vote condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine largely because of concern over China, Council on Foreign Relations fellow Zongyuan Zoe Liu told Fox News.

India, while continuing its nonalignment policy, is straddling efforts to appease Russia to prevent it from moving closer to China, while simultaneously trying to keep the U.S. as an ally for security in the region, according to Liu.

"In many ways, India's abstain from the U.N. security vote does not necessarily speak so much about India's concern over Russia and Russia's military action against Ukraine, but really speaks to India's own strategic calculation," Liu told Fox News.