Dialogue and diplomacy is only way out: PM Modi at G7 Summit in Japan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that he doesn’t see the Russia-Ukraine conflict as an issue of politics or economy, but for him, it is an issue of humanity and human values. He asserted that “all countries should respect UN Charter, international law and sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries,” reported PTI.

Speaking on day three of the G7 Summit in Japan’s Hiroshima, PM Modi said, “I do not consider current situation to be an issue of politics or economy. I believe it is an issue of humanity, an issue of human values.”

He added that India has always been of the opinion that any tension, any dispute should be resolved peacefully, through dialogue.Speaking on the impact of war on other countries, Modi said, “In current global situation, most profound effects of food, fuel and fertilizer crisis are being felt by developing countries.”

Prime Minister Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Japan to attend the ongoing G7 Summit, held a bilateral meeting with his British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. He also paid floral tributes at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park built in memory of those who died in a nuclear attack on the city at the end of the Second World War and signed the visitor’s book.

Meanwhile, in their first in-person meeting since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, PM Modi conveyed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that India will do everything possible to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict and said the war is a very big issue and that it has had many different impacts on the globe.