Washington: The White House reiterated on Friday (local time) that the US would welcome any effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prevent a war between Russia and Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, “I think there is still time for Putin to stop the war. I think there is still time for that. PM Modi can persuade; I PM Modi.” Whatever effort they make, I will let them speak.” ready to do. The United States would welcome any effort to end hostilities in Ukraine.”
Significantly, PM Modi’s statement, this is not the era of war in his tenure Conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a statement of principle that he believes is right and it was welcomed by the US and resonated widely in Europe in a very positive way.
On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s summit, PM Modi said, ‘Today’s era is not of war and I have talked to you about it on the call. Today we will have the opportunity to talk about how we can make progress. on the way to peace.”
The Prime Minister said this during a bilateral meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The statement was accepted by world leaders and praised by the international media. Prime Minister Modi’s “Today is not an era of war” became part of the outcome statement of the G20 Joint Declaration in Bali, Indonesia.
Meanwhile, Kirby blamed President Putin for this Russia-Ukraine War, “The only person responsible for what is happening to the Ukrainian people is Vladimir Putin, and he can stop it now,” he said.
“Instead, he is firing cruise missiles into energy and electricity infrastructure and trying to knock out the lights and turn off the heat so that the Ukrainian people suffer more than ever.”
Kirby, however, said that there must be an end to hostilities, “taking into account the objectives and leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the determination of what is acceptable to the people of Ukraine. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine”. ”
He added, “So that when President Zelensky sets the time to negotiate and he is the only person who can make that determination, he can do it with the strongest hand.”
Kirby also highlighted US President Joe Biden’s efforts to end the devastating war between Russia and Ukraine. “So President Biden has said these things dozens of times. We think this war can end today, must end today,” he said.
Speaking about US military aid to Ukraine, he said, “And since he (President Putin) isn’t willing to do that, clearly we have to make sure we can help the Ukrainian people on the battlefield.