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Agence France-Presse

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he supports a swift end to the grinding conflict in Ukraine after visiting the war-hit country.
Modi, 73, has trodden a delicate balance between maintaining India’s historically warm ties with Russia while courting closer security partnerships with Western nations as a bulwark against regional rival China.
New Delhi has avoided explicit condemnations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, instead urging both sides to resolve their differences through dialogue.
Modi said he had “exchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict” with Putin and shared “my insights from the recent visit to Ukraine”, in a post on social media.
He said he had “reiterated India’s firm commitment to support an early, abiding and peaceful resolution of the conflict”.

Modi, who angered Ukrainians by hugging Putin in Moscow recently, visited Kyiv on Friday and told President Volodymyr Zelensky that “no problem should be solved on the battlefield”.
His chat with Putin comes a day after a call with US President Joe Biden, where Modi reiterated Delhi’s “consistent position in favour of dialogue and diplomacy”, an Indian foreign ministry statement said.
India and Russia have maintained close links since the Cold War, which saw the Kremlin become a key arms provider to the South Asian country.
Russia has also become a major supplier of cut-price crude oil to India since the Ukraine conflict began, providing a much-needed export market after the imposition of Western sanctions.
That has dramatically reconfigured their economic ties, with India saving billions of dollars while bolstering Moscow’s war coffers.
India is part of the Quad grouping, with the United States, Japan and Australia, that positions itself against China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region.


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Ukraine war: India’s Modi urges Putin for swift end to conflict after Kyiv visit

India’s Narendra Modi told Russia’s Vladimir Putin to push for a swift end to the war in Ukraine. Photo: AP

Modi shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on August 23. Photo: Kyodo

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky pay respects in Kyiv on Friday to the children killed amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Photo: India’s Press Information Bureau/Reuters

Zelensky talks to Modi in Kyiv on Friday. Photo: Ukrainian President Press Service / AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin awards Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow last month. Photo: AP

Modi is greeted by members of the Indian community during his visit to Kyiv on Friday. Photo: Narendra Modi via X/Handout via Reuters

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) shows the way to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace. Photo: AFP

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hugs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kyiv. Photo: Reuters

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticised for hugging Putin during his visit last month, hours after a Russian strike on a Kyiv children’s hospital. Photo: AP

Smoke rises from explosions during a Ukrainian strike on a Russian platoon command post in Kursk. Photo: Reuters

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The prime minister’s urging of a swift end to the Ukraine conflict highlights India’s balancing act between Russia and the West


Modi’s comments highlight India’s balancing act between Russia and the West, and come after his visit to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky.
