Heartened by PM Modi's remark to Putin on Ukraine war, says US official
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The US is heartened by PM Modi's remark on the Ukraine war during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a US official said on Friday.
The US is heartened by the recent remarks made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russian President Vladimir Putin that this is not the time for war in Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official has said.
Prime Minister Modi met President Putin in Uzbek city of Samarkand on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit on September 16 and during the meeting, PM Modi told Putin, “Today's era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this."
On his part, Putin told PM Modi that he was aware of India's concerns over the Ukraine conflict and that Russia will do everything possible to end it as soon as possible.
The US has said that it is heartened by the comments made by Prime Minister Modi.
“We were heartened by Prime Minister Modi's comments last weekend,” Dr Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs told a group of reporters on Thursday and think-tank experts during a virtual round table.
Recently, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also told reporters at a White House news conference that what the prime minister said was "a statement of principle on behalf of what he believes is right and just (and) it was very much welcomed by the US."
Ratner said that the US shares India’s commitment to seeing a swift and peaceful resolution of the conflict and continues to engage regularly on this issue.
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