Despite ‘substantive’ agenda, Jaishankar-Kuleba talks highlight India’s tightrope on Russia-Ukraine war

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New Delhi:Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Friday held a substantive discussion with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, which included Kyivs request for New Delhis participation in its international peace summit to be hosted by Switzerland later this year..

Ties between Kyiv and New Delhi have, however, gone through a transformation since the early months of the war, when Kuleba criticised Indian purchase of discounted Russian oil, to now, when the Ukrainian government is making efforts to have India at its peace talks...

Last August, during a meeting of National Security Advisers (NSA) in Jeddah, India had pointed out that the peace proposals put forward so far were non-starters for both Russia and Ukraine...

Zelenskyys 10-point peace plan includessecurity guarantees for Ukraine and the ending of the war, withdrawal of Russian troops and cessation of hostilities, establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes, nuclear safety, export of foodgrain, energy security, release of prisoners, restoration of Ukrainian territorial integrity and environmental protection...

The PM alsomet with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in New Delhi a few weeks after the war began in 2022, followed by a meeting with Putin at the SCO summit in 2022, and throughout 2023 remained in constant touch with the Russian president at various international fora...

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