MUSLIM COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AWKWARD NEUTRALITY OVER RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
March 24th, 2022
Many Muslim countries, their governments and businesses, have adopted an uneasy neutrality towards Russia, as it continues its invasion of Ukraine.
Malaysia is a case in point – its close relations with European, north American and Asian countries (such as Japan and South Korea) means it will not want to breach their sanctions on Russia.
However, the south-east Asian country has not imposed its own sanctions on Russia.
Azmi Hassan Senior Fellow at the Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research (NASR), in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, told Salaam Gateway that ...
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