Since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine, New Delhi has refused to condemn Moscow, a historical partner. But India intends to assert itself as a power at the service of peace and capable of overcoming the confrontation between the bloc composed of China and Russia and the Western bloc.
With our correspondent in Bangalore, Côme Bastin
The Prime Minister’s visit Narendra-Modi in Moscow in July, two days before meeting the president Volodymyr Zelensky after a bloody bombing in Ukrainewas a symbol of New Delhi’s balancing act. India refuses to join a bloc and pay the price of Western sanctions, without directly endorsing the Russian invasionThis position may lead it to play a neutral role in negotiations.
This is in any case the ambition of the Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who declared on Tuesday, September 10, that the solution was not on the battlefield. He assured that India is ready to play its part and give advice to both parties.
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