Ukraine: India should be pragmatic in its political interactions

Dzhaparova, who arrived on Sunday on a four-day visit to India, met Secretary-West Sanjay Verma at the External Affairs Ministry earlier on Monday….reports Asian Lite News

Visiting Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova on Monday said that India should be pragmatic while diversifying its political interactions and energy resources.

The Minister’s comments have come in the light of the fact that India has repeatedly abstained from voting against Russia at all international fora against Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Kiev.

Dzhaparova, who arrived on Sunday on a four-day visit to India, met Secretary-West Sanjay Verma at the External Affairs Ministry earlier on Monday.

“India should be pragmatic in diversifying its energy resources, military contracts and political interactions. Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi’s policy of democracy, dialogue and diversity and ‘no era of war’ and strategic application is really important,” she told reporters after the meeting.

“So we hope that India and Ukraine will be…even though we are distant geographically, but we will become closer physically and politically and in many other ways.”

Talking about Ukraine’s history, the minister said that like India, her country had never attacked anyone. She also stated that Ukraine is the victim of unprovoked and neo-colonial war.

“We also feel that we have this arbitrary…by promoting this values justice of peace, as your Prime Minister in Samarkand said, that it’s not an era of war. I mean, we do support this purely and fully, but unfortunately, we have aggressive countries who question the existence of other countries and then the question of India’s involvement as a leader in the Global South, as a G-20 presidency. I think that we hope that India would be involved and engaged in global issues and challenges, economic challenges, energy challenges, and nuclear challenges to a great extent,” she said.

It is the first official visit by a Ukraine Minister to India since Russia launched the full scale invasion on February 24, 2022.

Taking to her official Twitter handle, Dzhaparavo stated, “Happy to visit -the land that gave birth to many sages,saints&gurus. Today, #India wants to be the Vishwaguru, the global teacher and arbiter. In our case, we’ve got a very clear picture: aggressor against innocent victim. Supporting is the only right choice for true Vishwaguru.”

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