PM Modi’s remarks to Putin not a change in India’s place on Ukraine struggle, says Jaishankar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks throughout his assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand weren’t a change in India’s place on the battle in Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has mentioned as he underlined that New Delhi has been urging for early cessation of hostilities between the 2 nations.

Responding to a query on Russia’s referendum in areas of Ukraine that it has occupied, Jaishankar advised a gaggle of Indian reporters in Washington on Wednesday that India would replicate its views on the difficulty on the UN in New York.

“I think it is an issue that will be coming up for consideration, my understanding, is in the United Nations. So, I would urge you to wait and see what our ambassador there has to say,” he mentioned.

About the assembly between Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Putin in Samarkand on September 16, Jaishankar mentioned this was the primary face-to-face assembly between the 2 leaders after the graduation of the Ukraine battle.

“So, it was very natural when they have a face-to-face meeting that, you know, will begin the meeting with the press there, you make the press remarks, and we’ll look at the video of that particular occasion, that’s exactly what happened,” he mentioned.

“Now, it’s not as if we have not said that before. We have been expressing our concern about the conflict, about the urgency for early cessation of hostilities, about the need for dialogue and diplomacy. So there has been a steady refrain. It was entirely natural that if the Prime Minister of India and the President of Russia were meeting at this juncture that these subjects would be addressed. And I think that’s what the Prime Minister did,” he mentioned.

Jaishankar mentioned that Modi’s feedback to Putin in Samarkand weren’t a change in India’s place on Ukraine.

“It was an obvious subject to come up at the meeting. The position that the Prime Minister took was consistent with the position that we have been taking earlier. Now, possibly it was received and perceived in a way because it was a face-to-face meeting, whereas earlier on these were reports of conversations that had taken place,” Jaishankar mentioned.

“So, in terms of the impact that they made on the global media, I think it’s understandable that a physical meeting made a stronger impact than the sort of second-hand report in a way,” he mentioned.

Prime Minister Modi pushed Russian President Putin to finish the battle in Ukraine, saying “today’s era is not of war” whilst he referred to as for locating methods to deal with the worldwide meals and vitality safety disaster.

Modi additionally underlined the significance of democracy, dialogue and diplomacy throughout a bilateral assembly with Putin that befell on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on this Silk Road metropolis.

“Today the biggest worry before the world, especially developing countries, is food security, fuel security, fertilisers. We must find ways to these problems and you will also have to consider them. We will get an opportunity to talk about these issues,” Modi mentioned in his opening remarks.

Jaishankar mentioned the Ukrainian problem would naturally proceed to characteristic in all essential worldwide discussions.