Welcome Any Country Wanting To Deter Russian Aggression, Defeat Hamas: US

Washington:

The US would invited immoderate state willing successful utilizing its sound to further deter nan Russian violative successful Ukraine and play a affirmative domiciled successful helping merchandise hostages and defeating Hamas amid nan ongoing conflict successful nan Gaza Strip, US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said astatine a property briefing connected Thursday.

Asked really nan US and nan world organization tin usage Prime Minister Narendra Modi's power to extremity nan ongoing wars, Mr Patel said, "Specifically, first successful nan discourse of Russia-Ukraine, if immoderate state is willing successful utilizing its sound to further deter Russian aggression connected nan group of Ukraine, we surely would invited that. In nan existent ongoing discourse successful Gaza, immoderate state that believes that they tin play a affirmative domiciled successful helping america get to a merchandise of hostages, helping america get further humanitarian assistance into Gaza, and helping to conclusion Gaza, surely should and are invited to play that role."

India has often articulated and clarified its stance connected nan Russia-Ukraine conflict, maintaining that nan situation must beryllium resolved done diplomacy and dialogue. Amid nan subject conflict, PM Modi has spoken aggregate times to Russian President Vladimir Putin arsenic good arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In December past year, Putin said that PM Modi is "willing to do his utmost" to reside nan Russia-Ukraine rumor done "peaceful means." Putin said this astatine a gathering pinch External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar successful Russia.

Putin besides emphasised nan affirmative stance of PM Modi connected analyzable world developments, including nan business successful Ukraine. "We cognize nan stance of PM Modi and we repeated that connected galore occasions," he noted.

The Russian President mentioned that he has advised PM Modi connected nan developments successful Ukraine aggregate times and indicated that further discussions connected nan matter would return place.

"Many times, I advised him of really things person been going location and I cognize that he (PM Modi) is consenting to do his utmost truthful that nan rumor is resolved by serene means. So, we astir apt will delve into that deeper now, and we will springiness further accusation to you astatine that time," Putin added.

PM Modi besides met Ukraine President Zelenskyy successful Japan during nan G7 acme successful May 2023. During nan meeting, PM Modi assured that he would do immoderate was imaginable to thief resoluteness nan conflict. "India and I will do immoderate we tin to resoluteness nan conflict," PM Modi had said.

On nan sidelines of nan Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit successful 2022, PM Modi told Putin that "today's era is not an era of war."

"Today's era is not of warfare and I person spoken to you astir it connected nan call. Today we will get nan opportunity to talk astir really we tin advancement connected nan way of peace. India and Russia person stayed together pinch each different for respective decades," PM Modi told Putin, expressing his concerns astir nan effect of nan warfare connected nutrient and power security.

In March, American media elephantine CNN published a study claiming that PM Modi averted a imaginable atomic escalation betwixt Russia and Ukraine amid nan ongoing subject conflict. The study stated that outreach from PM Modi and different countries played an important domiciled successful dialling down nan crisis.

The Biden management was specifically concerned Russia mightiness usage a tactical aliases battlefield atomic weapon, nan officials said. Amid nan fears, nan US sought to enlist nan thief of non-allies, including India, to discourage Russia from specified an attack, CNN reported.

Regarding nan Israel-Hamas conflict, India's Permanent Representative to nan United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, said that India is committed to supporting a two-state solution wherever nan Palestinian group are capable to unrecorded freely successful an independent country, pinch owed respect to nan information needs of Israel.

Delivering an reside astatine nan United Nations General Assembly gathering connected nan usage of veto successful March, Ms Kamboj said that India's position connected nan conflict has been clear and has been stated connected respective occasions.

"Only a two-state solution, achieved done nonstop and meaningful negotiations betwixt some sides connected last position issues, will present an enduring peace. India is committed to support a two-state solution wherever nan Palestinian group are capable to unrecorded freely successful an independent state wrong unafraid borders, pinch owed respect to nan information needs of Israel," Ms Kamboj said.

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