Putin calls PM Modi after Biden, who wants to put an early end to the fighting
NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, in a phone discussion started by the Russian side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi “shared insights” over his visit to Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following up on his briefing of US President Joe Biden the day before. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated during Modi’s visit to Kyiv that he didn’t want India to play a balancing act in the Russia-Ukraine war. In this most recent affirmation of India’s actions, Modi called for a real and practical engagement between all stakeholders for an early, lasting, and peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Following his trip to Russia last month, which alarmed Americans due to its scheduling in conjunction with the NATO conference in the US, Modi made his way to Ukraine. Notably, Moscow said that Modi expressed his “readiness” to return to Russia for the BRICS meeting in October of this year.
The day before the discussions with Putin, Biden had contacted Modi to express his gratitude for his “historic” trip and his message of peace. According to a Russian readout, Modi made clear during his chat with Putin how eager he was to help find a political and diplomatic solution for the situation “around Ukraine.” This comes after the Prime Minister of India said in Kyiv that he was eager to help in whatever manner he could to help bring about an early restoration of peace.
According to an Indian statement, Modi’s comments to Putin mirrored those made in the joint declaration between Ukraine and India, where he urged a real and pragmatic effort to “develop innovative solutions that will have broad acceptability.”
“Today, I spoke with President Putin. spoke on how to improve the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership even further. my opinions on the situation between Russia and Ukraine as well as my observations from my most recent trip to Ukraine. In a post on X, Modi “reiterated India’s firm commitment to support an early, lasting, and peaceful resolution of the conflict.”
In a statement, the ministry of foreign affairs (MEA) stated that in order to reach a lasting and peaceful settlement of the issue, Modi emphasized the significance of communication and diplomacy as well as real and practical involvement with all parties. The leaders also decided to stay in contact.
The Russian readout, which also said that Putin gave Modi a basic evaluation of the “destructive line of the Kyiv authorities and their Western patrons, outlining key Russian approaches to ways to resolve the conflict,” made it clear that peace would not materialize in the coming days. A day after the Kremlin promised to respond to the Ukrainian invasion into the Kursk area, Modi and Putin talked, dismissing any truce negotiations as pointless. Zelenskyy had expressed his desire for India to abandon its balancing act and support Ukraine during his meeting with Modi.
According to the Indian government, the PM also remembered his “successful” trip to Russia for the 22nd India-Russia Bilateral Summit, when he and the other leaders spoke about how to further fortify their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.
During Modi’s visit to Russia, they also discussed trade and other deals that were finalized. The degree of engagement between the two nations in BRICS was deemed satisfactory. According to the Russian statement, Narendra Modi reaffirmed his willingness to attend the association summit in October of this year, which would be chaired by Russia in Kazan.
