Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (March 14) for the first time reacted to USA’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. In his opening remarks, the Russian leader spoke at length about efforts made by global leaders to help bring the three-year-old war to an end. Putin mentioned US President Donald Trump, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in his speech of gratitude.
“First of all, I would like to start with words of gratitude to the president of the United States, Mr Trump, for paying so much attention to the Ukraine settlement. All of us have lots on our plates, but many state leaders, the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China, the Prime Minister of India, president of Brazil and South African Republic. They devote a lot of time to this issue, and we are thankful to them because it’s all for the noble cause of stopping hostilities and preventing human casualties,” he said.
India on several global platforms has made clear its commitment to peace, saying India “was not neutral and it always sided with peace”.
When PM Modi met with Trump at the White House in February, he reiterated that “India is not neutral”.
“India is siding with peace. I have already said to President Putin that this is not the era of war. I support the efforts taken by President Trump,” PM Modi said while addressing a joint conference.
During his engagement with Russia’s Putin, PM Modi’s statement that this is “not an era of war but of dialogue and diplomacy” earned praise from around the world. He has delivered similar messages to both Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his respective visits to Moscow and Kyiv.
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