Follow-up: India Says It Has Shared Three Proposals With Russia and Ukraine Covering Black Sea Shipping, Energy and Grain Exports, and a Non-Attack Arrangement
India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular briefing in New Delhi on Nov. 10 that India has shared three proposals with both Russia and Ukraine and has exchanged ideas with both sides on food corridors. The three proposals are: ensuring the safety of commercial shipping in the Black Sea, addressing the two sides' immediate concerns over energy and grain exports, and discussing the possibility of a non-attack arrangement. A day earlier, on Nov. 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar later that evening spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about diplomatic initiatives concerning the conflict.
Jaiswal said the three proposals were ones India had already shared with both sides and that the briefing restated them; it did not announce a new, jointly accepted peace framework. On food corridors, he said India has exchanged ideas with both sides and remains in touch with other interested parties to contribute towards the return of peace to the region. India's stated position is that the conflict must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
In the Nov. 9 call, Zelenskyy briefed Modi on the conflict and its humanitarian impact, and Modi reiterated India's human-centric approach and its position in favour of dialogue and diplomacy, saying India was ready to contribute in every possible way to a peaceful resolution. Ukraine's presidential office said the two also discussed Russia's obstruction of grain exports via the Black Sea and that India was willing to help mediate arrangements for food-export corridors.
The two-track outreach came as U.S.-mediated talks among Russia, the United States and Ukraine began in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10. India is not a formal participant in those talks, and its foreign ministry announced no formal mediation mandate at the briefing; Indian media read the same-day calls by Modi and Jaishankar to Kyiv and Moscow as a sign that New Delhi seeks a more active role in efforts to end the war.
Related: PM Modi Speaks With Ukraine's Zelenskyy on Nov. 9
(Source: Ministry of External Affairs of India)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs of India
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