Ukraine wanted India to put pressure on Russia

New Delhi. The whole world has been watching the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine for a long time. At the same time, questions have been continuously being raised about India’s stand on this issue. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who arrived in New Zealand after the UN meeting, has once again clarified India’s view on the Russia-Ukraine war. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that India, acting on “request”, pressured Russia to protect the nuclear power plant, which was near a war zone during the country’s ongoing war with Ukraine.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on his maiden visit to New Zealand, said India is ready to do whatever it can to resolve the Ukraine crisis. In an event with business leaders in Auckland, Jaishankar said that when I was in the United Nations, the biggest concern was about the Zaporizhia paramanu plant because there was a fight going on very close to it. We were requested to put pressure on Russia on this issue, which we did. There are also different concerns at different times, which have been raised before us by different countries or by the United Nations. I believe this is the time when we are willing to do whatever we can.

The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is located in southeast Ukraine and is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Maintaining India’s neutral stand on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Jaishankar said it was natural that different countries would react slightly differently. “We naturally view the Ukraine crisis to a large extent as an East-West issue. But I believe that the impact of the Ukraine crisis also has a north-south (developed countries of the northern hemisphere and developing countries of the southern hemisphere) side.

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He said that when we look at the change in the global order, we are clear that India should be permanent in the Security Council, but we also strongly raise the point that the entire continent of Africa and Latin America is not represented. Regarding the relationship with New Zealand, he said, “The opportunity to work together is much more real and practical.