During a recent bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed a strong message of peace to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Indian foreign ministry’s statement to NDTV. Modi highlighted the urgent need to bring an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine, which has persisted for over four years and posed significant challenges for the global community. He reiterated India’s readiness to assist in the peace process, emphasizing a collaborative approach to resolving the conflict.
Earlier today, at the bilateral meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the SCO meet in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek, PM Modi said: “We have to move from a situation of ‘endless war’ to ‘end of war’… India, PM Modi further said today, supports all peaceful methods to resolve the impasse. Every day of war sets humanity back, and we must work toward ending hostilities… It is humanity’s wish that the end of this war happens soonest”.
Responding to a question during the official briefing today, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said, “Not only did the Prime Minister emphasise the importance that we continue to attach to dialogue and diplomacy as being essential in resolving any differences, but also his emphasis on really the need to move from endless war to the end of war”. At the meeting, he also shared with President Putin “India’s readiness – which we have expressed on several occasions – to do whatever is feasible, is necessary, at our end to move this conflict towards a conclusion because it is exacting a very heavy toll on the global community at large”. It was a throwback to his “not an era of war” statement of 2022, which had resonated among the global community.
