India on Thursday trashed studies that claimed recognizing sure Indian-origin artillery shells in Ukraine, and categorically asserted that it has not despatched any ammunition to that nation.
Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated New Delhi has neither despatched nor exported any artillery ammunition to Ukraine.”We’ve got additionally seen some media studies on this regard. We will categorically say that now we have not despatched any of this artillery ammunition to Ukraine,” he stated at a media briefing.
Jaiswal’s remarks got here in response to a query on studies about Indian-made artillery shells being noticed in Ukraine.
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India has been sustaining that the battle in Ukraine should be resolved by way of dialogue and diplomacy. On Tuesday, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a “useful” cellphone dialog together with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba specializing in the continued battle in Ukraine, Kyiv’s peace formulation and methods to advance bilateral ties.
The cellphone dialog got here days after Jaishankar paid a five-day go to to Russia throughout which he held intensive talks with International Minister Sergey Lavrov and known as on President Vladimir Putin.
“A useful conversation with FM @DmytroKuleb of Ukraine today. Discussed advancing our bilateral cooperation in the year ahead. Exchanged views on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” the exterior affairs minister stated on X after the talks.
On his half, Kuleba stated he conveyed to his Indian counterpart the “peace formula” and Ukraine’s plan for the ‘Global Peace Summit’ of leaders.” We mentioned additional cooperation on the Peace Formulation. On this regard, I knowledgeable my counterpart of Ukraine’s imaginative and prescient for the International Peace Summit of leaders,” he stated.
“We agreed to hold the first meeting of the India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission since 2018 in the near future,” Kuleba stated.
The Ukrainian international minister additional added that the “rejuvenation of this major mechanism of our bilateral ties will permit us to collectively transfer ahead comprehensively.
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put forward a 10-point “peace plan” for ending the battle that included punishing these chargeable for the battle crimes, withdrawing all Russian troops from Ukraine, and restoring his nation’s territorial integrity.
Underneath the plan, he additionally known as for guaranteeing vitality safety, meals safety, and nuclear security.