After PM Modi-Putin meeting, US Pentagon's ‘we trust that India will…’ response
Hindustan TimesThe Pentagon has said the United States will continue to view India as a strategic partner and trusts that India will support efforts to realise an “enduring and just peace for Ukraine”, as as Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his historic visit to Russia. And the fact of the matter is, President Putin's war of choice has isolated Russia from the rest of the world and it has come at great cost," Pat Ryder said responding to questions on Modi's Russia visit. When a reporter said “He is not looking so isolated with the head of the world's largest democracy being in Moscow, embracing him right now”, Ryder replied, “I would also note that the prime minister also met recently with the Ukrainian president and offered his assurances that India will continue to do everything within its means to support a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine.” "I think that we trust that India will support efforts to realise an enduring and just peace for Ukraine and will convey to Mr Putin the importance of adhering to the UN charter and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity," he added. Zelensky was also critical of Modi’s visit to Russia, saying on X late Monday, “It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world’s largest democracy hug the world’s most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day.”