On the day when a senior Russian official visited India and met his colleagues at the External Ministry, New Delhi, Monday played a slightly slope to Russian position at the UN Security Council meeting in Ukraine.
Articulating its position on “legitimate security interests” that echoed with the slope of nuances towards Russia’s position, Indian permanent representatives at UNSC T Ts Tirumu said, “India’s interest is finding a solution that can provide de-escalation of the valid security tension of all countries and aims to secure peace and long-term stability in the region and outside. “
While Delhi’s statement talks about “legitimate security interests of all countries”, widely considered somewhat in harmony with the interests of Russia.
Stressing that “calm and constructive diplomacy is the needs of the clock”, Tirumuti said that “every step that increases tension may be best avoided by all parties in greater interests to secure peace and international security”.
“I repeat our calls for peaceful resolution situations with sincere and sustainable diplomatic efforts to ensure that all parties are resolved through constructive dialogue,” he said.
This is the second statement of India about the problem of Ukraine, and more expansive after a statement made by MEA spokesman last week.
This statement was made at the UNSC meeting in Ukraine, where Russia and China tried to block discussions while 10 UNSC members, including the US, Britain and France, voted in supporting discussion. Here too, India is among the three countries along with Kenya and Gabon for Abstain, in an effort to maintain its neutral position and not side with the block.
UNSC continues with the discussion, as 10 countries – 9 yes voice – choose to support the discussion.
Indian voting and statements took place on the day when bilateral consultations on non-related issues were held between India and Russia in New Delhi on Monday. The Indian delegation was led by Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West) in the MEA, while the Russian delegation was led by Ambassador Sergey Vasilyevich Vershinin, Russian Foreign Minister Deputy.
“Secretary (West) congratulated Russia about the upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council in February 2022. Both parties have extensive discussions on issues about the UN Security Council agenda and related developments. Both parties agreed to deepen cooperation in problems Problems that have shared interest in multilateral platforms, “said MEA.
Russian officials who visited also asked the Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and told him about Russian priority as long as his upcoming President Unsc.
A few hours later, Tirumuti in his statement at UNSC said, “We have carefully after developing developments related to Ukraine, including through taking ongoing high-level security between Russia and the United States, and under the Normandy format in Paris.”
“This is our view which is considered that this problem can only be resolved through diplomatic dialogue,” he said.
He said that more than 20,000 students and Indian citizens lived and studied indifferent parts of Ukraine. “The welfare of Indian citizens is a priority for us,” he said, voicing Delhi’s concern.