When Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s foreign minister, leads a delegation to New Delhi today, she faces an awkward task. She will be extending a second invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the 17th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Venezuela next month. The first went unanswered. Only once in the history of the club has the leader of India, whose prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru helped found it, failed to attend. But ever since the melting of the Eastern and Western blocs—between which the movement’s members sought to steer a course—the NAM has drifted. Its guiding spirit these days is vague anti-Americanism; Mr Modi’s reluctance to RSVP the first time around points to strengthening ties with America. After a difficult patch, India is also working to improve its relationship with China, whose foreign minister visited New Delhi last week. Sadly for Ms Rodríguez, Indian diplomats now favour the term “multi-aligned”.