New Delhi: The Russian embassy has welcomed India's approach towards the Ukraine situation at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine. The embassy took to Twitter, describing that India's say was the balanced, principled and independent approach, NDTV reported.
We welcome #India's balanced, principled and independent approach 🙏 https://t.co/nnlSLQaVlN
— Russia in India 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbIndia) February 18, 2022
India had said that the situation could be resolved only through diplomatic dialogue, and in the larger interest, tension must be avoided to secure international peace and security.
India's permanent representative to the UN, TS Tirumurthi, said that India welcomes the ongoing efforts to implement Minsk Agreements through Normandy format, involving Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France. It provides the basis for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine situation, he had said.
The Minsk Agreement, formed in the Belarus capital in 2014 and 2015, was intended to end the war between Ukraine government and the Russian-speaking separatists in Eastern Ukraine. But the agreement stays unimplemented because Russia denies that it is a party in the conflict or deployed troops in the disrupted regions.
Tirumurti had said that India wishes to find a solution that could deescalate tensions between Ukraine and Russia since it is in the security interests of all the countries. Indian nationals well being is a top priority for India, he had added.
The West had criticised Russia for gathering heavy troops along the Ukraine border. London had warned Moscow Thursday against recognising two separatist territories supporting them in Ukraine. Russian parliament had asked President Vladimir Putin to make such a move. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had warned that if Russia made such a move, the latter, in effect will, withdraw from Minsk agreements with all the attendant consequences.
Meanwhile, Russia had issued passports for many residents among separatists.