Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September 5, 2024. | Photo credit: Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (September 5, 2024) India is one of the three countries According to state news agency TASS, he is in constant contact regarding the Ukraine conflict and said he is making sincere efforts to resolve it.
reporting on his remarks at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, US media outlet politico According to the report, he also said, “If Ukraine wants to continue the dialogue, I can make that happen.” Mr Putin’s remarks came within two weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Historic visit to Ukraine Where he held talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We respect our friends and partners, who, I believe, sincerely want to resolve all issues related to this conflict, primarily China, Brazil and India. I am in constant touch with my colleagues on this issue,” the Russian news agency quoted Mr Putin as saying.
In addition, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported that Izvestia The daily said India could help set up dialogue on Ukraine.
Underlining the existing “highly constructive, even friendly relations” between Mr Modi and Mr Putin, he said the Indian Prime Minister “can play a leading role in obtaining direct information from the participants in this conflict” as he “communicates freely with Putin, Zelensky and the Americans.”
Mr Peskov said, “This gives India a great opportunity to exert its weight in world affairs, to use its influence to push the US and Ukraine to use greater political will and move forward on the path of a peaceful settlement.”
He, however, said there was no specific plan for Modi to mediate on the issue.
“They hardly exist at the moment, as we do not see any preconditions for negotiations at the moment,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
Mr Modi visited Ukraine on August 23, where he told President Zelensky that Ukraine and Russia should waste no time in sitting together and end the ongoing war and that India was ready to play an “active role” in restoring peace in the region.
His nearly nine-hour visit to Ukraine was the first by an Indian prime minister since its independence in 1991. The visit came six weeks after his summit with President Putin, which had sparked outrage in some Western countries.
In his talks with Mr Zelensky in Kyiv, Mr Modi said India has been in favour of peace since the beginning of the conflict and he would also like to personally contribute to a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
Published – September 05, 2024 05:24 PM IST