Ukraine Peace Summit: India shares its view on the Swiss summit concerning peace in Ukraine on Sunday, affirming its dedication to interact with all events concerned, together with each side of the battle, to facilitate peace in Ukraine.
“India shares the global concern over the situation in Ukraine and supports any collective desire to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We will continue to engage with all stakeholders, as well as the two parties to the conflict, to contribute to all earnest efforts to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine,” mentioned Pavan Kapoor, Secretary (West) Ministry of External Affairs, who represented India at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, hosted by Switzerland at Burgenstock.
The Indian delegation attended the opening and closing plenary periods of the summit, which started on June 15 and concluded on June 16, bringing collectively representatives from 92 international locations and organisations. Russia was not invited to the summit whereas China determined to not attend it.
In a short handle, the senior Indian diplomat mentioned, “Our participation in this summit and continued engagement with all stakeholders is with a view to understanding different perspectives, approaches and options to find a way forward for a sustainable resolution of the conflict.”
Accordingly, New Delhi will proceed to interact with all stakeholders in addition to the 2 events to the battle to contribute to all earnest efforts to attain lasting peace in Ukraine, Kapoor mentioned, in response to the Ministry of External Affairs press launch.
“In our view, only those options acceptable to both parties can lead to abiding peace. In line with this approach, we have decided to avoid association with the Joint Communique or any other document emerging from this summit,” Kapoor mentioned.
The launch additionally mentioned that India continues to consider that such a decision requires a honest and sensible engagement between the 2 events to the battle. “India’s participation in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, as well as in the preceding NSA/Political-Director level meetings based on Ukraine’s Peace Formula, is in line with our clear and consistent approach that enduring peace can be achieved only through dialogue and diplomacy,” mentioned MEA. “We continue to believe that such a peace requires bringing together all stakeholders and a sincere and practical engagement between the two parties to the conflict.” the MEA added.
According to MEA, “We deem it important to join this gathering that seeks to explore the way forward to a negotiated settlement of a very complex and pressing issue.”
