Mainichi wrote that although President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi met remotely on Monday to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States and India held an in-person 2+2 meeting in Washington, it remains to be seen whether these meetings were successful in pressing India to participate in international sanctions on Russia by altering its conciliatory attitude toward Moscow. The paper speculated that the Biden administration is worried that India will become a loophole in the global sanctions on Russia. The daily also wrote that although the United States is keen to strengthen its relations with the other Quad member states to counter China, India’s soft approach to Russia could become an obstacle.