India and the USA are “very a lot in settlement” that restoring an enduring peace to Ukraine is crucial, the Biden administration mentioned.
State Division spokesman Ned Worth additionally mentioned his nation is working very intently with its allies and companions, together with India, within the battle in Ukraine and that the worldwide group firmly acknowledges the necessity to maintain Russia accountable.
“We strongly agree with India that restoring lasting peace to Ukraine is crucial. This is identical message that President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy himself issued. Throughout the G-20, he addressed the assembled world leaders and set out his imaginative and prescient for a simply peace. We very a lot welcome that,” he advised reporters at his day by day information briefing on Friday.
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“We applaud India’s help for the individuals of Ukraine. India has supplied humanitarian assist and is demanding a right away finish from India to Russia’s brutal battle towards Ukraine. We additionally totally agree with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi’s declare that right this moment’s period will not be an period of battle. That, in fact, was a remark repeated on the G-20. We heard that remark on the UN as nicely,” he mentioned.
The US believes that international locations like India which have ties with Russia and Ukraine could possibly result in dialogue and diplomacy that might at some point finish this battle, Worth mentioned.
“I say at some point, and I put that within the conditional, as a result of there may be one nation that, in fact, has proven no willingness to finish this battle, to finish the brutal aggression, and that, in fact, is Russia,” a State Division official mentioned.
Even in reference to the latest discussions, “we took observe of the Kremlin’s assertion that the Kremlin is able to have interaction in dialogue, however provided that the brand new territorial realities are acknowledged,” he mentioned.
In response to a query, Worth mentioned the USA is working very intently with all of our allies and companions all over the world on the difficulty of Russia’s brutal aggression towards Ukraine.
“This additionally contains India, in fact. The worldwide group strongly acknowledges the necessity to maintain Russia accountable for the atrocities it has dedicated and that its forces are committing in Ukraine,” he mentioned.
“Russia’s battle has not solely affected Ukraine. As vital as Ukraine is, and this battle, this battle that Russia is waging towards Ukraine, it is in some methods a lot larger. It is impacted international locations all over the world in a wide range of methods,” Worth mentioned.
Overseas Minister S. Jaishankar, throughout his go to to Moscow in November, said that “after two years of the Covid pandemic, this battle has brought on important financial ache, particularly within the creating world,” he mentioned.
“We have additionally seen meals costs spike, vitality costs spike, and upward stress on inflation all over the world. All of that is exacerbated by Russia’s unlawful, unprovoked battle on Ukraine. Now we have been in shut common contact with India about what we are able to do to carry Russia accountable and to impose extra prices on Russia for its battle,” Worth mentioned.
“We could not all the time share precisely the identical political approaches, however we each share a dedication to upholding a rules-based worldwide order that respects territorial integrity and sovereignty,” he mentioned.
That is on the coronary heart of the USA’ international strategic partnership with India, and it’s on the coronary heart of “what we’re attempting to do with the Quad, with the opposite bilateral and multilateral work that we’re doing with our Indian companions,” Worth mentioned .