India\u2019s role in efforts to prevent further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war is \u201ccrucial\u201d because Russian President Vladimir Putin pays close attention to Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s views, Poland\u2019s Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Teofil Bartoszewski, said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the ongoing conflict, Bartoszewski described India as an influential global player whose voice carries weight in Moscow, Times of India report said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Putin pays attention to PM Modi\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia is a very important international player. President Putin pays attention to what Prime Minister Modi says,\u201d Bartoszewski said.<\/p>\n
He added that while Russia continues to pursue control over Ukraine, such an outcome remains unlikely.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe problem is that President Putin has decided that the only right solution is to control all of Ukraine, which is not going to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Highlighting New Delhi\u2019s diplomatic influence, Bartoszewski noted that calls for restraint from leaders who are not viewed as hostile to Russia hold particular significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of escalation, everybody is against it\u2014not only India with Prime Minister Modi, but also China\u2019s Xi Jinping. It\u2019s important, especially coming from people who are not seen as hostile to Russia. India\u2019s role here is crucial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Putin earlier praised India\u2019s independent foreign policy<\/p>\n
The remarks come weeks after Putin publicly praised India\u2019s independent foreign policy and defended PM Modi against external pressure over New Delhi\u2019s ties with Moscow.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters in St. Petersburg in June, Putin said attempts by the United States to pressure India over its relationship with Russia would not succeed.<\/p>\n
According to Reuters, the Russian president said it was \u201cuseless to try to pressurise Prime Minister Narendra Modi.\u201d<\/p>\n
Putin also described India as a trusted partner and said Moscow saw no problem in New Delhi maintaining ties with multiple countries.<\/p>\n
Calling India one of the world\u2019s leading economies, Putin praised its rapid economic growth and expressed confidence that bilateral trade between the two countries would reach $100 billion in the coming years. He also described India as a great democracy that pursues its national interests.<\/p>\n
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADUkraine war continues without breakthrough<\/p>\n
More than four years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the conflict continues with no durable peace agreement in sight.<\/p>\n
Several diplomatic initiatives have failed to bring Moscow and Kyiv to a lasting settlement. US President Donald Trump has also projected himself as a potential mediator, but the war has so far resisted diplomatic breakthroughs.<\/p>\n
Poland backs India\u2019s position on West Asia<\/p>\n
During his visit to New Delhi, Bartoszewski also endorsed India\u2019s approach to the ongoing West Asia conflict, describing it as the \u201cright position.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to ANI, he said India\u2019s status as a major economy and one of the world\u2019s largest energy importers makes its balanced diplomatic stance particularly important.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia\u2019s position is the right position because you are a big country, an important country, and you benefit from free access to goods, including oil, and you depend very much on oil and gas from the Gulf,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bartoszewski added that Poland continues to maintain dialogue with Iran and, like India, believes diplomacy remains the best path forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe informed them that our preferred solution is a diplomatic one. So we do the same thing as Prime Minister Modi. We try to talk reason, but to moderate effect, I would say,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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The Polish minister also stressed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to international shipping, warning against any attempt to restrict maritime traffic or impose transit charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz has to be open to traffic. We do not accept closing such waterways. We do not accept the way some people want to charge tolls for crossing the waterways. There is an international agreement that international seas are open to all traffic, and that is Poland\u2019s definite position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s role in efforts to prevent further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war is \u201ccrucial\u201d because Russian President Vladimir…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[678,11133,11132,11134,9,2083,126,127],"class_list":["post-16816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-diplomacy","tag-india","tag-india-russia-ukraine-war","tag-pm-modi","tag-poland","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}