MOSCOW: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about his recent visit to Kiev, stressing his interest in contributing to a possible political and diplomatic settlement of the situation around Ukraine. This was announced today, August 27, on the Kremlin's website.
The telephone conversation between the leaders of Russia and India came shortly after Modi paid an official visit to Kiev on August 23
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation that he would like to help in the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the Kremlin’s press office said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Vladimir Putin gave a fundamental assessment of the destructive line of the Kyiv authorities and their Western patrons, outlining key Russian approaches to ways to resolve the conflict,” the press release said. “The issues of practical implementation of the agreements in the trade and economic sphere reached following the July official visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Russia were also discussed. Satisfaction was expressed with the level of interaction between the two countries in BRICS. Narendra Modi confirmed his readiness to take part in the BRICS summit held under the Russian chairmanship in Kazan in October of this year.”
The conversation between the leaders of both countries was confirmed by Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the correspondent of RBC reports.
"[We] exchanged points of view on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and my conclusions from a recent visit to Ukraine. I reaffirmed India's firm commitment to support a speedy, lasting and peaceful settlement of the conflict," Modi said.
The press secretary of the Russian president added that in the near future the Kremlin will give a detailed message, where it will clarify what was discussed during this conversation.
Modi arrived in Ukraine on August 23 and met with President Vladimir Zelensky. The Prime Minister promised that India is ready to play any role as a friend to help achieve peace.
With his visit to Kiev, Modi seeks to demonstrate that India is a responsible great power that is interested in an early settlement of the conflict and is ready to play the role of mediator if both sides ask it to do so, Alexey Kupriyanov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, head of the Center for the Indian Ocean Region of the IMEMO RAS, told RBC. But Delhi is unlikely to be able to play a significant role in launching peace talks, the expert believes.
A month earlier, Modi came to Moscow for a meeting with Putin. Their joint statement spoke, among other things, about the need to resolve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully.
The telephone conversation between the leaders of Russia and India came shortly after Modi paid an official visit to Kiev on August 23, which was the first one for an Indian head of government since the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Ukraine in 1992.
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