ahead of the G-7 summit outreach sessions in Kananaskis, Canada, on June 17<\/a>, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are both special invitees, Ukraine\u2019s First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya said that he couldn\u2019t confirm if the two leaders would hold bilateral talks, but hoped that India would choose to support \u201cinternational law and the UN charter\u201d, when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"]()
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\u201cIndia is the largest democracy on the world\u2019s political map… And if India wants to continue to build up its image as a democratic state, then India has only one choice, of being on the side of the international law and UN Charter,\u201d Mr. Kyslytsya said when asked about Ukraine\u2019s expectations from India. Asked about an Indian role in mediating the conflict given its ties with both countries, Mr. Kyslytsya said that in the present scenario, Ukraine would welcome any country that facilitates talks like the Istanbul process where two rounds of Russia-Ukraine talks have been held.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cIndia has a history of centuries and traditions in the area of peaceful resolutions. So it\u2019s for India to say if it is ready and willing to play a role,\u201d he said, expressing gratitude for the humanitarian assistance provided by India to Ukraine thus far. He also said that India-Ukraine trade could be built in a number of areas from food to high-tech advanced weaponry, especially drone technology that has been enhanced since the Russian invasion in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No change in stance<\/p>\n
Despite requests from Ukraine during Mr. Modi\u2019s visit to Kyiv in August last year, and another Modi-Zelenskyy meeting in September, New Delhi has not thus far changed its position on the Russia-Ukraine war, or calls to stop importing Russian oil under Western sanctions. In February, India abstained from another resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for a ceasefire, and its imports of Russian oil reached record highs of 1.8 million barrels last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked this week about India\u2019s position, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in an interview in Brussels to news portal Euractiv that India has strong ties with both Russia and Ukraine, but that \u201cevery country, naturally, considers its own experience, history and interests\u201d. <\/p>\n
Pointing to Western inaction over Pakistan\u2019s occupation of Kashmir since 1947, Mr. Jaishankar said that \u201cif [Western] countries \u2013 who were evasive or reticent then \u2013 now say \u2018let\u2019s have a great conversation about international principles\u2019, I think I\u2019m justified in asking them to reflect on their own past,\u201d he said, when pressed about why India does not criticise Russia for being an \u201caggressor\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u2018Ceasefire first\u2019<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian Minister said Mr. Zelenskyy will declare clearly at the G-7 summit outreach that Ukraine is prepared for summit-level talks between Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelenskyy, although it is unlikely Russia would accept that immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Russians have a different logic, that Ukraine must surrender first, and then after we surrender, they will commit to a summit meeting and a ceasefire. Our logic is the reverse. We say, let\u2019s have the ceasefire that will contribute to a conducive environment for the meeting of the presidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking about\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOperation Spider Web\u201d in which Ukraine attacked several Russian military bases and destroyed Russian strategic fighter jets using 117 drones smuggled into Russia on June 1, Mr. Kyslytsya said Ukraine\u2019s military operation had \u201cdebunked\u201d\u00a0\u00a0all the \u201cdoomsday scenarios\u201d that its forces were failing in the war by carrying out the complex attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, he accepted that the drone attack was not \u201cenough to change the tide and to change the situation in the battlefield.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe are clearly dealing with the war of attrition [by Russia], and neither of the two sides, either in terms of resources or capacities, is able to achieve a major breakthrough,\u201d Mr. Kyslytsya told The Hindu on the sidelines of a conference on conflict resolution in Oslo last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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