Japan and India demand immediate end to violence in Ukraine
The heads of government of India and Japan demand an immediate end to the violence of war in Ukraine. There is “no choice but the path of dialogue and diplomacy for the resolution of the conflict,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi said in a joint statement on Saturday in New Delhi. They also promised the country hard-hit by the Russian invasion humanitarian aid.
Earlier, Kishida on the side of Modi had emphasized that violently changing the status quo cannot be allowed anywhere in the world. Both are in full agreement that a peaceful settlement of the struggle on the basis of international law is necessary. “Japan will continue to try with India to end the war and support Ukraine and its neighbors,” Kishida said.
India and Japan form a four-country group with the US and Australia, also known as the Quad, which is seen as an alliance against China’s increasing self-awareness in the Indo-Pacific. India, which has long had strong ties with Moscow, is the only one of the four that has not yet condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Indian delegate also abstained against Russia at the UN.