Modi appears to be one of a few who could bridge the divide.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi applaud during the ceremony of documents signing after their talks in Mariinskyi Palace, on August 23, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 23, AFP journalists saw, in the Indian leader's first visit to the war-torn country.
On Monday, President Joe Biden “commended” Modi on his Ukraine visit, per a White House readout, praising the leader’s “message of peace and ongoing humanitarian support.” Merezhko said he was “surprised” by the timing. “I suspect that our American and European allies are trying to push India in the right direction.”
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 23, 2024.Modi’s India has been building its U.S. ties, happy to work closely with both Republicans and Democrats as the nation looks to extract its mammoth economic potential and blunt the longstanding threat from China across their shared Himalayan border -- a challenge experts have suggested is a major driver of the evolving U.S.
Asked about the Ukraine visit, a State Department spokesperson told ABC News: “We continue to ask all our partners, including India, to support efforts toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and to urge Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine’s sovereign territory.” Modi’s visit may undergird the apparent sentiment on both sides of the war that negotiations could be revived. But, Ignatov said, any new proposal should be broad, and as simple as: “Let’s talk.”
Indian officials have publicly ruled out acting as official mediators between the warring nations, though Modi has said he is willing to convey messages between them. Modi will likely keep one eye on facilitating dialogue between Kyiv and Moscow, Yehor Cherniev -- a member of the Ukrainian parliament and the chairman of his country’s delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly -- told ABC News, not least because of continued concerns in the “Global South” as to the conflict’s detrimental effect on trade.
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