Putin-PM Modi meet: 'No solution on battlefield', says India on Ukraine

NEW DELHI: Dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward, India on Tuesday said after US asked New Delhi to mention UN charter on Ukraine during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Russian President Putin in Moscow.
"India has always called for respecting the UN Charter, including territorial integrity and sovereignty. There is no solution on the battlefield.Dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward," government sources said.
This response came after US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller, while responding to a question about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing visit to Russia, said that it urged New Delhi to make clear to Russia that any resolution to the conflict in Ukraine must respect the UN charter, Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
PM Modi is on a two-day official visit to Russia where he met President Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo yesterday.