India, China, Brazil Could Mediate Russia-Ukraine Peace Talk, Says Russian President Vladimir Putin

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that China, India and Brazil may act as mediators in potential peace talks over Ukraine. Putin said a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators within the first weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which changed into never implemented, may serve because the basis for talks.

India on Friday said the hot high-level refer to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kyiv will pave the way for “stronger bilateral ties” in preference to facilitating more forward-looking discussions on the likelihood of peaceful resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

India Will Strengthen Any Feasible, Mutually Acceptable Solution: MEA on Russia-Ukraine conflict

All of the way through his weekly media briefing here, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, based on a question, said, “As friends and partners, we are ready to beef up any feasible and mutually acceptable solution or format that can per chance restore peace”.

Asked about Indians stuck within the Russian army, he said, as of this day, “15 Indians who've been released, returned to India. There are others, who're waiting for discharge”.

“Our mission, our embassy is involved with the Russian authorities, both on the foreign workplace side and the defence side, and we hope that other folks who would have to come back to India will probably be released soon,” he said.

He also spoke back to multiple queries on Modi’s up to the moment refer to to Ukraine and the statement issued by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on it.

“Our view is that the Ukranian side has their standpoint on an effective deal of issues and matters, and they're sharing them with the media,” Jaiswal said.

“As a ways as we are concerned, we are ready to be guided by the bilateral discussion that we had with them, including the high-level refer to that just concluded, which we focal point on will pave the way for stronger bilateral ties in preference to facilitating more forward-looking discussions on the likelihood of peaceful resolution of the conflict,” he added.

The spokesperson said India has “always advocated constructive, solution-oriented, and practical engagement with all stakeholders to arrive a negotiated settlement to this conflict”.

“This is often evident in our approach, in our outreach to both Russia and Ukraine, at the correct level. The PM has already indicated India’s willingness to play a constructive role within the interest of peace. But it, it be too early to touch upon specific modalities and pathways at this stage,” he added.

The choice as to when and the way you're in a position to commence peace talks is the prerogative of both parties to the conflict, he said.

“As friends and partners, we are ready to beef up any feasible and mutually acceptable solution or format that can per chance restore peace,” Jaiswal said. On reports a pair of group of Indians being stranded at Sao Paulo airport in Brazil, he said, “As a ways because the problem of Indians stranded at Sao Paulo airport is concerned, yes, we are aware”.

(With inputs from agencies)