At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), French President Emmanuel Macron supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on Ukraine. "Modi was right when he said that time is not for war, not for revenge against the west or for opposing the west against east. It is time for our sovereign equal states to cope together with challenges we face," said Macron.
During his meeting with Putin in Uzbekistan city Samarkand on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which concluded last week, Modi told the Russian president, “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 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. Responding to a question on Modi remarks, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan 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."
The remark of the Indian leadership, which has longstanding relationships with Moscow, telling Russia that now is the time for war to end is commendable, he said. And the way this war should end is for Russia to abide by the basic terms of the UN charter and to return the territories that it has seized by force. This is a message that every country—in spite of how they feel about Russia, Ukraine and the US—"should be able to centre around this basic proposition", Sullivan said.
