India, China agree dialogue only solution to Russia-Ukraine conflict, says S Jaishankar
India Today
S Jaishankar, who is in Washington for the Biden administration’s maiden India-US 2+2 dialogues, held a series of high-level meetings and said that a lot of time was invested in discussing the Ukraine crisis.
India and China agree that dialogue is the only way out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, foreign minister S Jaishankar said, adding that Americans “obviously” distinguish and differentiate between India and China when it comes to the stands taken by the two countries on Russia amid a raging war.
“If you're asking me how we look at the unfolding developments in Ukraine, I had Minister Wang Yi come to India last month. We shared our respective analyses. But we agreed and still agree that the way out is dialogue and cessation of hostilities will be a necessary first step,” the foreign minister told news agency ANI.
“You're asking me, do the Americans distinguish and differentiate between India and China (over their respective stands on Russia amid the Ukraine crisis). Obviously, they do,” S Jaishankar told the news agency when asked if the US clearly understands the reasons behind China's and India's respective stands on Russia.
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The minister, who is in Washington for the Biden administration’s maiden India-US 2+2 dialogues, held a series of high-level meetings and said that a lot of time was invested in discussing the Ukraine crisis.
India presented its perspective clearly and “the two countries discussed the energy crisis, food security and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv”, he said.
“Obviously, a lot of our time went to discussions on Ukraine. There was discussion on US perspectives, their analysis, their sense, what they think is likely to happen. The conflict and diplomacy involved in it, peace talks, and progress were one set of issues that came up,” he said.
