Jaishankar referred to PM Modi’s remark to Putin on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan.
India at the UN Security Council on Thursday said that the need of the hour is to end the conflict in Ukraine and return to dialogue and added that the nuclear issue is particular anxiety, underlining PM Modi’s assertion to Russian President Vladimir Putin that this can not be the era of war.
Briefing on Ukraine’s fight against impunity, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the 15-nation UN Security Council that the trajectory of the Ukraine conflict is a matter of profound concern for the entire global community and the future outlook appears even more disturbing.
The briefing was chaired by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna on Thursday as world leaders gathered in the UN headquarters for the 77th high-level session of the UN General Assembly.
Jaishankar told the Council that the impact of the conflict in a globalised world is being felt even in distant regions. We have all experienced its consequences in terms of surging costs and actual shortages of food grains, fuel, and fertilisers. On this core as well there are good grounds to be worried about what awaits us.
He said that the global south especially is feeling the pain very acutely. We must not, therefore, initiate measures that further complicate the struggling global economy. This is why India strongly reiterates the need for an immediate cessation of all hostilities in Ukraine and a return to dialogue and diplomacy.
Referring to PM Modi’s remark to Putin on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan, Jaishankar said at the UNSC that clearly as prime minister Narendra Modi has emphasised this can not be an era of war. On our part, India is also providing both humanitarian assistance to Ukraine as well as economic support to some of our neighbours under economic stress.
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