NEW DELHI: Finland's President Alexander Stubb recently distinguished India from Russia and China, calling New Delhi an "emerging superpower" and urging Western countries to engage more closely with it. In a Bloomberg Podcasts interview, Stubb was asked about his view on the growing alignment between India, Russia and China. He pushed back firmly saying, "India is a very close ally of the European Union and of course of the United States as well, so I wouldn't throw them in the same basket." "India is an emerging super power. It got demography, it got economy on its side. I always argue that it's very important for the West to engage India, work with them," he added. By contrast, the Finnish leader noted the deep and asymmetrical partnership between Moscow and Beijing claiming that "

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