‘Will take him at his words’: US on Modi’s latest appeal to Putin

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The United States on Friday once again welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s position on the Ukraine conflict, which calls for the cessation of all kinds of violence and the pursuit of the path of diplomacy.

“We would take PM Modi at his words and welcome those comments when they took place. Other countries will make their own decision on engagement with Russia. We continue to coordinate with allies to mitigate impacts of war,” said State Department’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel during a press conference on Thursday.

Patel made these remarks in response to a question on India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Modi’s call to end the war. Earlier in September, on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand, PM Modi had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that ‘today’s era isn’t of war’. He also emphasised the need to find ways to address the problems of food, fuel security, and fertilisers.