India: Japan PM presses Modi for Indian 'action' on Ukraine

NEW DELHI, 20 March 2022, (TON): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged India's Narendra Modi to take a tougher line on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but a joint statement after talks in Delhi fell short of condemning Moscow's actions.

Unlike fellow members of the Quad alliance Japan, Australia and the US, India has abstained in United Nations votes deploring Russia's actions, calling only for a halt to the violence while still buying Russian oil.

Kishida told “a joint news conference that he and Modi held an in-depth discussion and that Russia's invasion shakes the very foundations of the international order and must be dealt with firmly.

But Modi made no direct mention of Ukraine and their joint written statement afterward called only for an immediate cessation of violence and noted that there was no other choice but the path of dialogue and diplomacy for resolution of the conflict.

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