Jaishankar said on Friday (September 4, 2026). India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides and is trying to see if there are ideas and suggestions which can be developed in some way that will contribute to the mitigation or the cessation of the conflict, External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Warsaw from Kyiv, where he held talks with top Ukrainian leadership on Thursday (September 3), made the remarks after he met Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. “Our efforts must therefore focus on promoting dialogue and diplomacy. Because somebody chose to buy or not buy oil or alumina or fertilisers or metals and minerals, “This war is not going to end… not.
Mr. “The Deputy Prime Minister and I also understandably discussed some major global and regional issues, notable among them is the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year… We must each do what we can in whichever way we believe could be most effective and support the efforts of others to bring this conflict to an end. This is India’s strong conviction, and we are acting on it,” he added. It will end when there is diplomacy, when there is dialogue and when there is negotiation.
Addressing a joint press meet alongside Sikorski, Jaishankar said that he discussed the complex global challenges, including supply chain resilience and food, fuel and fertiliser security, with his Polish counterpart. I myself have just come here from Kyiv,” he said, referring to his visit to Ukraine a day earlier. Replying to a question, he said India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides. Jaishankar had said in Ukraine that India is ready to extend “any help in any manner” to end the Ukraine-Russia war. On India’s purchases of Russian oil, the minister said the issue is a conflict, and its solution lies in negotiations, not in trade. So, I think let’s diagnose the problem right,” he said while replying to another question.
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