India hailed its 'special and privileged' strategic partnership with Russia amid heightened international tensions over Ukraine.
India, a close partner of both the United States and Russia, is seeking to balance its strategic relationships with the two major powers as tensions over Ukraine reverberate beyond Eastern Europe and resonate throughout the international community.
Tirumurti also welcomed recent talks held in Paris by the so-called Normandy Format members France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in which the latter two agreed to respect a cease-fire in the eastern Donbas region where Moscow-aligned separatists have clashed with security forces since a 2014 pro-West political uprising in Kyiv.
"I reiterate our call for the peaceful resolution of the situation by sincere and sustained diplomatic efforts to ensure that concerns of all sides are resolved through constructive dialogue," Tirumurti said. India also pursued separate bilateral talks with Russia regarding Security Council issues on Monday. The dialogue took place in New Delhi, led by Indian External Affairs Ministry Secretary Reenat Sandhu and Russian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Vasilyevich Vershinin. A separate meeting was held by Vershinin and Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who previously served as New Delhi's ambassador to Washington.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also presented an account of the meeting. It said that"a thorough exchange of views made it possible to consider topical issues of the work of the Security Council, including the situation in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Myanmar, as well as the problems of combating terrorism and climate change" with a particular emphasis on Russia's upcoming Security Council presidency.
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