P. K. Balachandran
There was little in the visit for the three parties involved – Ukraine, Russia and the US
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Ukraine last Friday was an exercise in posturing only to seem to be neutral between Russia and Ukraine without bringing any proposals or ideas to the table.
The posturing did not amount to much given the fact Modi had neither brought a workable proposal to end the war nor was he in a position to influence any of the warring parties.
Zelenskiy was expecting Modi to bring a peace proposal, but Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar merely said that all matters relating to the conflict were discussed in the talks.
The Ukrainians would certainly have expected India to stop or reduce the import of oil from Russia, but Jaishankar ruled out any such possibility saying that India needed a lot of oil and that it was impossible to get it from other countries given the fact that many of the top suppliers were under sanctions.
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