: PM Modis Putin remarks consistent with Indias position, says Jaishankar #IndiaNEWS #India Washington: Indias External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modis recent

PM Modis Putin remarks consistent with Indias position, says Jaishankar #IndiaNEWS #India
Washington: Indias External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modis recent remarks to Russian President Vladimir Putin that todays era is not of war in the context of the invasion of Ukraine were consistent with the existing Indian position and they were perceived differently globally only because they were delivered in a face-to-face meeting of the two leaders.
Addressing reporters on Wednesday at the conclusion of his 10-day tour of the US that took him first to New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) meetings as head of the Indian delegation and then to Washington DC for bilateral talks, Jaishankar also said that the UN Security Council reforms and counterterrorism will be the focus of Indias presidency of the elite world body in December, which will also be the last month of its eighth term as a non-permanent member.
The ministers Washington DC visit was packed with back-to-back meetings with officials including a working dinner at Secretary of State Antony Blinkens home, lawmakers, business leaders and policy mavens, but it was marked most starkly by considerable excitement on the American cite over Modis remarks to Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It was seen from the White House and the larger administration to US congress as a major reversal in Indias position, from sitting on the from fence-sitting to truth-talking.
Jaishankar sought to tamp down the excitement somewhat, noting that India had been conveying the same message to Russia for a while, but privately. The position that the Prime Minister took was consistent with a position that we have been taking earlier, he said.
India has been expressing concern about the conflict, about the urgency for early cessation of hostilities, about the need for dialogue and diplomacy. So there has been a steady refrain, he said further.
He added the remarks were possibly received and perceived in a way because it was a a face to face meeting I think its understandable that a physical meeting made a stronger impact, than sort of a second hand report.
Prime Minister Modi told President Putin on September 16, I know that todays era is not of war and we have spoken to you many times on the phone that democracy, diplomacy and dialogue are such things that touch the world. It was characterised in the West as a rebuke of the Russian leader in a clear reversal of Indias position.
Secretary Blinken was effusive in his response to a question about it at a press availability with Minister Jaishankar on Tuesday. He said that Modis remarks captured, as well as anyone Ive heard, fundamentally what this moment is about.

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