Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, three days after returning from a visit to Ukraine.
The Kremlin said Modi “shared insights” from his visit to Ukraine with Putin and “exchanged views” on the war.
During his meeting with Putin, PM Modi Reportedly “It stressed the importance of dialogue, diplomacy and sincere and pragmatic engagement among all parties in order to achieve a lasting and peaceful resolution to the conflict.”
The Kremlin's release of the call made no mention of Russia's massive drone and missile strike on Kiev on Monday, and if Modi had any ideas about that attack, his Russian side did not think it appropriate to share them.
According to the statement, Putin shared his “principled assessment of the Kiev authorities and their destructive Western policies,” likely a succinct expression of Putin's grievances about Ukraine. Invade Kursk Oblast, Russia.
The Russian government claims that the invasion of Ukraine was supported and possibly directed by the United States. Confirmed Russia plans to use American-made bombs to strike targets in Kursk, but the Biden administration claims it was not consulted about the Ukrainian attack.
According to the White House, PM Modi also spoke Prime Minister Modi on Monday met US President Joe Biden, who reportedly “praised” Modi for his visit to Ukraine and Poland and for conveying a “message of peace and continued humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.”
The White House said Prime Minister Modi and President Biden “affirmed our continued support for the peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law and in accordance with the United Nations Charter.”
As India has sought to maintain good relations with both Russia and the West, there has been recent speculation in Indian and Western media that Prime Minister Modi may offer to act as a mediator and present a peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war.
During Modi's visit to Ukraine, the Indian government denied that a firm peace plan had been drafted, and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stressed that any such proposal would require Russia's full involvement.
Ukraine will also be involved but, unfortunately for Modi's peace ambitions, his visit to Kiev ended on an awkward note.
After Modi left Kiev on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Press Conference He criticised India for buying large amounts of oil from Russia.
Zelensky also suggested that Modi should be more agitating towards Russia. deceive Russia has shown contempt for Indian citizens by sending them to serve in combat roles in Ukraine. Attacked During his visit to Moscow last month, PM Modi visited a children's hospital in Ukraine.
Zelensky Criticized Modi's hug with Putin during his visit to Moscow in July infuriated his government, which summoned the Ukrainian ambassador. Modi's hug with Zelensky before their meeting on Friday was Awkward.
Indian Firstpost Monday Blown up Zelenskyy accused India of “hypocrisy” and suggested Ukraine's leader look into how much Russian oil its Western friends have been buying recently.
Data provider Kpler said Russia is currently the EU's second-largest LNG supplier, accounting for about 16% of the EU's total LNG supplies in 2023, up 40% from 2021. Meanwhile, France, Belgium and Spain account for 87% of LNG imports.
During his visit to Kiev, Prime Minister Modi told Zelenskyy that India has never been “neutral” on war and has always “chosen the side of peace.” Zelenskyy appears to have had enough of India saying it hates war yet refusing to condemn the Russian dictator for starting it.
Meanwhile, Zelensky is shrewd enough to realise that India may be his only option as a reliable peace broker, especially if he wants negotiations to seem credible enough to make Putin look bad for abandoning them.
Zelensky said On Sunday he supported India to host the second peace summit and on Tuesday his office said The second summit should be “held in one of the countries of the Global South,” a collective term for the developing world, with India positioning itself as the natural leader of that group.
The first peace summit was held in Switzerland in June and Russia did not attend, but the Ukrainian government says President Zelensky wants Russia to attend the second one. said On Tuesday, he said Russia's invasion of Ukraine was “one of the key points of Ukraine's victory plan” and “linked to the second peace summit,” but that's not exactly a sales pitch that Putin would be happy to RSVP for.
Zelensky also said His government “cannot host a peace summit in a country that has not yet joined the Peace Summit communiqué.”
of Communiqué The resolution in question explicitly condemns Russia for starting the war and causing “large-scale human suffering and destruction”. It has been signed by dozens of countries, but India is not one of them.
