Modi dialogue with Zelenski before meeting with Putin in China

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Modi dialogue with Zelenski before meeting with Putin in China

The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, he held on Saturday a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, On the eve of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS), where it is expected to meet with its Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

“We exchange points of view about the ongoing conflict, its humanitarian aspects and efforts to restore peace and stability. India fully supports all initiatives in that direction “, The Indian president pointed out on the social network X.

Zelenski, meanwhile, thanked the support of Modi and stressed the importance of New Delhi sending “an adequate signal” to Moscow in the framework of the OCS summit. The Ukrainian leader also stressed that, despite kyiv’s disposition to dialogue, Russia has continued in recent weeks with attacks against civil objectives.

“We coordinate our positions before The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (…) India is willing to make the necessary efforts and to transmit the appropriate signal to Russia and other leaders during meetings parallel to the summit, “Zelenski said in his X profile.

The conversation between Modi and Zelenski occurred just hours before the inauguration of the OCS summit, which they attend China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran and several Central Asian republics.

The Kremlin already advanced that Modi and Putin will celebrate a bilateral meeting on Monday, September 1, in the midst of Washington pressure, which recently imposed a 50% tariff on Indian exportsincluding a 25 % surcharge on the purchase of Russian crude.

The contact with Zelenski places Modi in a unique position, Well, it combines your approach to Beijing after years of border tensions with an increasingly narrow energy link with Moscow and the need to maintain open communication channels with kyiv.

Nueva Delhi insists that his position on war in Ukraine is “active neutrality”, supporting the dialogue without joining western sanctions against Russia, while It reinforces its energy ties with Moscow and takes up the approach with Beijing for a determining summit.

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