And yet India, like so many other countries, maintains its NAM membership, because NAM does provide an additional platform, which India needs and treats as one tool among others in its diplomatic toolkit. Occasionally, NAM provides a useful counterweight to Western pressure – say, regarding Iran, with which India remains eager to build trade and energy relationships.
但印度像其他国家一样仍然是不结盟运动成员，因为不结盟运动为印度提供了其他必要的外交工具和舞台。有时不结盟运动能提供抵抗西方压力的有效的砝码，比如在伊朗问题上，印度仍然迫切希望与伊朗建立贸易和能源关系。