Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country stood "firmly for peace" in the war between Ukraine and Russia during a Friday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

“We were not neutral from day one, we have taken a side, and we stand firmly for peace,” Modi said.

Modi is paying the first visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister.

As he pushed for a way forward on ending the Ukraine war, Modi urged Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia and offered to act as a “friend” to help bring peace.

“No problem can be resolved on a battlefield,” Modi said in Poland on Wednesday before heading to Ukraine.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
    311·
    3 months ago

    He is totally happy to have ethnic cleansing by his BJP goons settle what religious buildings are allowed to stay up in India, though.

    For this, and many other reasons, Modi can go fuck himself.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    84·
    3 months ago

    “We were not neutral from day one, we have taken a side, and we stand firmly for peace,” Modi said.

    that is definitely NOT taking a side lol.

    “No problem can be resolved on a battlefield”

    unless your opponent is not negotiating in good faith, or refuses to negotiate at all.

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
      93·
      3 months ago

      that is definitely NOT taking a side lol.

      Under the current circumstances, the only moral position is to support peace. Once a peace - or at least a ceasefire - is achieved, Russia, Ukraine and the separatist regions may be able to negotiate a settlement and those who started the war might even be exposed and punished. But if the fighting continues, thousands of random people will die needlessly.

        • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
          42·
          3 months ago

          If a violent criminal tried to break into my house, I would definitely not try to fight them alone. I do not have a death wish.

          Of course Russia should not occupy Ukraine (and neither should Ukraine act as an occupying army towards its own Russian minority). But questions of what is right and what is wrong will not be decided on the battlefield. The only thing that will be proven on the battlefield is which side has a bigger army, and we already know the answer to that question.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    This guy single handedly gave Pakistan a living reason to exist lmao.

    Was responsible for a pogrom long before he became PM.

    Not to mention he went full buddy buddy with Putin for Russian oil and trade.