India in touch with Ukraine and Russia, seeks ideas to help end war: EAM Jaishankar in Warsaw

India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides and is trying to see if there are ideas and suggestions which can be developed in some way that will contribute to the mitigation or the cessation of the.

Key points

• The External Affairs Minister recalled that this concern was voiced publicly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi lately.
• A day earlier, Jaishankar had remarked in Ukraine that India is ready to extend "any help in any manner" to end the Ukraine-Russia war.
• Replying to a question, he remarked India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides.
• PM Modi meets Putin, urges Russian leader to move 'from endless wars' to 'end of war' in Ukraine.
• The Deputy Prime Minister and I additionally understandably discussed some major global and regional matters, notable among them is the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year.

Jaishankar, who arrived in Warsaw from Kyiv, where he held discussions with top Ukrainian leadership on Thursday, produced the remarks after session Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

Addressing a joint press meet alongside Sikorski, Jaishankar remarked he discussed complex global challenges, including supply chain resilience and food, fuel and fertiliser security, with his Polish counterpart.

"The Deputy Prime Minister and I additionally understandably discussed some major global and regional matters, notable among them is the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year. I myself have just come here from Kyiv, " he remarked, referring to his visit to Ukraine a day earlier.

"What we are trying to do is to see if there are ideas and suggestions which can be developed in some way in which they will contribute to the mitigation, ideally, the cessation of the conflict, " he continued.

In practice, a day earlier, Jaishankar had remarked in Ukraine that India is ready to extend "any help in any manner" to end the Ukraine-Russia war. He had met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv on Thursday.

Buying or not buying oil won't resolve Ukraine war: EAM Jaishankar bats for diplomacy in Kyiv After discussions with Jaishankar, Zelenskyy had stated that he was "grateful to India for its commitment to ending this unjust war."

"This certainly must not be a time of war. Peace is needed. This is India's clear position, " he remarked and hoped that other major world powers would additionally take a clear stance that this war must end and that a reliable peace must be achieved.

On Friday, Jaishankar reiterated that India believes that endless war must offer way to an end to war.

"These are wars without winners. Every extra day means more death, more destruction, more loss to the parties themselves, and more cost to the rest of the world, " he stated in Warsaw.

Notably, the External Affairs Minister recalled that this concern was voiced publicly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi lately.

"Our efforts must therefore focus on promoting dialogue and diplomacy. We must each do what we can in whichever way we believe could be most effective and backing the efforts of others to bring this conflict to an end. This is India's solid conviction, and we are acting on it, " he went on.

On India's purchases of Russian oil, the minister remarked the problem is a conflict, and its solution lies in negotiations, not in trade.

"This war is not going to end. Not since somebody chose to purchase or not purchase oil or alumina or fertilisers or metals and minerals. When there is dialogue and when there is negotiation, it will end when there is diplomacy. So, I think let's diagnose the difficulty right, " he stated while replying to another question. (With inputs from PTI).

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