Washington DC:
India isn’t impartial, was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sturdy message on the Russia-Ukraine conflict throughout a gathering with US President Donald Trump on the White Home right this moment. He reiterated that India stands with peace, appreciating Trump’s efforts to carry an finish to the conflict.
“India isn’t impartial. India is siding with peace. I’ve already stated to President Putin that this isn’t the period of conflict. I assist the efforts taken by President Trump,” the Prime Minister stated.
His remarks got here a day after Trump held separate telephone calls with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. His transfer got here as a shock to Ukraine and European allies, with many insisting they and Kyiv should have a seat on the negotiating desk.
Of their first confirmed contact since Trump’s return to the White Home, the US president stated he had held a “extremely productive” dialog along with his Russian counterpart who ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday, Trump insisted Ukraine will probably be “a part of” negotiations and that he was satisfied Putin “needs peace”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India have been stressing that that is “not an period of conflict however of dialogue and diplomacy”. Because the Ukraine battle started in February final yr, PM Modi has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in addition to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a lot of instances.
He additionally met the 2 leaders individually final yr.
PM Modi met US President Donald Trump and his shut aide and billionaire Elon Musk right this moment. “He is a good pal of mine. For a very long time we have had an exquisite relationship,” Trump stated as he greeted PM Modi within the Oval Workplace for a go to that he promised would carry “some nice” commerce offers.
Their assembly got here hours after the US President introduced reciprocal tariffs on all nations, together with India. New Delhi, nonetheless, is hoping to keep away from additional levies that Trump says are wanted to counter the US commerce deficit.
Prime Minister Modi is the fourth world chief to go to Trump since his return, following the prime ministers of Israel and Japan, and the king of Jordan.
