Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country stood "firmly for peace" in the war between Ukraine and Russia during a Friday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

“We were not neutral from day one, we have taken a side, and we stand firmly for peace,” Modi said.

Modi is paying the first visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister.

As he pushed for a way forward on ending the Ukraine war, Modi urged Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia and offered to act as a “friend” to help bring peace.

“No problem can be resolved on a battlefield,” Modi said in Poland on Wednesday before heading to Ukraine.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    and what do you propose to do if Russia refuses to cease fire? What would you do if the violent criminal proceeds to murder your family in front of your eyes while you stand by doing nothing? absolute pacifism is an impractical ideal.