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New Delhi: <\/strong>In the midst of intense diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday.<\/p>\n This meeting followed discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Post-meeting, EAM Jaishankar stated, \u201cDiscussed our bilateral cooperation and regional issues,\u201d at the Russian Mission.<\/p>\n On the previous evening, EAM Jaishankar suggested that India is exploring the possibility of involving both nations in a peace initiative. Speaking at the Asia Society, he remarked, \u201cWe have been engaging with the governments of Russia and Ukraine \u2014 in Moscow, Kyiv, and elsewhere \u2014 to determine if we can contribute to expediting the end of the conflict and the start of serious negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n He also mentioned that India was \u201csharing\u201d the dialogues it had with each country, and he believed that \u201cboth sides appreciate it.\u201d Historically aligned closely with Moscow, New Delhi is now charting an independent course that remains open to the West, positioning itself as a potential intermediary in the peace diplomacy between the two nations.<\/p>\n In his address to the General Assembly on Wednesday morning, Zelensky referenced his meeting with PM Modi. He also mentioned at the Security Council on Tuesday that he has extended an invitation to India for a \u201csecond peace summit to end the war.\u201d During PM Modi\u2019s meeting with Zelensky on Monday, which was their second in a month, the Ministry of External Affairs highlighted that discussions prominently featured \u201cthe way forward on pursuing a path to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n PM Modi reaffirmed \u201cIndia\u2019s clear, consistent, and constructive approach\u201d to resolving the conflict with Russia through diplomacy and dialogue, as stated by the Ministry. PM Modi, during his visit to Ukraine last month, expressed, \u201cPersonally, as a friend, if there is any role that I can play, I would very much like to play that role toward peace.\u201d<\/p>\n Upon returning home, PM Modi conversed with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone, sharing on X that they \u201cexchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and insights from my recent visit to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n This month, India\u2019s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval visited Putin, reportedly to brief him on PM Modi\u2019s visit to Kyiv. Prior to his trip to Ukraine, PM Modi had travelled to Moscow to meet with Putin.<\/p>\n Despite India\u2019s reliance on Moscow for defence materials, it continues to purchase oil and petroleum products from Russia. However, a Reuters investigation reported that munitions produced by Indian companies were reaching Ukraine via third-party European countries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: In the midst of intense diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday. This meeting followed discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Post-meeting, EAM Jaishankar stated, \u201cDiscussed our bilateral cooperation and regional issues,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2022-11-08T101622Z_1672993023_RC2LHX9X3U6C_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-INDIA-LAVROV.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46188,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46186\/revisions\/46188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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