No solution can be found by shedding blood, India has said, as it reiterates its deep concern over the worsening situation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
No solution can be found by shedding blood, India has said, as it reiterates its deep concern over the worsening situation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
India has said that diplomacy and dialogue should be the only viable option to address the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and no solution can be found by shedding blood, as India reiterated its deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Eastern European country. .
Russia hosted a meeting of the Security Council aria-formula on Friday to discuss “systematic and collective serious violations of international humanitarian law, as well as other war crimes committed by Ukrainian military personnel and militias and discovered during the ongoing special military operation”. Had gone. Russian Armed Forces.’ Counselor in India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Prateek Mathur said India remains “deeply concerned” over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterated the call for an immediate end to violence and an end to hostilities.
“We believe that no solution can be found by shedding blood and at the cost of innocent lives. We have emphasized from the very beginning of the conflict that diplomacy and dialogue should be the only viable option.
Mathur stressed that India strongly condemned the killing of civilians in Buka and supported the call for an independent investigation. India also supports all efforts to alleviate the suffering of the people of Ukraine.
“We believe that there will be no winning side in this conflict and that while everyone affected will continue to suffer, diplomacy will be at a permanent disadvantage,” he said.
He reiterated that India agreed that the evacuation of civilians from areas of intense conflict is an urgent priority and stressed that working constructively within and outside the United Nations towards an early resolution of the conflict is “our collective interest”. ,
India welcomes the visit again Secretary General Antonio Guterres For his engagement with the leadership in Moscow and Kyiv and Russia and Ukraine, he said.
Mathur appreciated the efforts of the United Nations in evacuating the civilian population from Mariupol.
“We hope that these efforts will expand to other areas as well.” Guterres briefed the council on Thursday about his recent visits to Russia and Ukraine, where he met President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 26 and 28.
“Throughout my journey, I did not utter words. I said in Moscow what I did in Kyiv… namely: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and the Charter of the United Nations. It must end for Ukraine, Russia and the people of the whole world.
Mathur stressed that it is in the collective interest of the international community to work constructively within and outside the United Nations towards an early resolution of this conflict.
“We continue to reiterate that the global order rests on international law, the United Nations Charter and respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states,” he said.
Area-formula meetings are not formal meetings of the Security Council. He is called upon at the initiative of a member or members of the Security Council to hear the views of individuals, organizations or institutions on matters within the competence of the Security Council.