Let me say that all of us have been working to urge India to take clear position, a position opposed to Russia's actions. But what have we seen so far? We have seen a number of abstentions: Asst State Secy Donald Lu at the US Senate Committee hearing on 'US Policy towards India'
We have seen an interesting evolution in past couple of days. India at UN called for all states to abide by UN Charter to respect the sovereignty & territorial integrity of other states; a very clear reference to Russia's violation of UN Charter & Ukraine's sovereignty: Donald Lu
We're making small steps as we assure you that we are working every day to make sure to close the gap between where we are and where our Indian partners are...Sr State Dept officials conducting various high-level dialogue with our Indian counterparts over Ukraine: Asst State Secy
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The Ukraine situation has to be seen in the context of similar attempts that could be made by the Chinese PLA along our contested Northern borders. At no stage should people lose focus on the Northern borders: Senior officer at Army Headquarters
In view of the threat from our Northern adversary, the Army continues to maintain its operational priorities with an intent to develop capabilities with a long-term perspective: Senior officer at Army Headquarters
The on-going situation on Northern Borders warrants the Indian Army to re-align the operational tasking of its reserve formations to focus on Northern Borders & refine warfighting capabilities in high altitude mountainous terrain: Senior officer at Army Headquarters
Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba says, "Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broken out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl!"
Air raid alerts in Odesa, Bila Tserkva, and Volyn Oblast. Residents should go to the nearest shelter, reports The Kyiv Independent
"Elevated levels of radiation were detected near the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which provides about 25% of Ukraine’s power generation," reports The Associated Press quoting a government official
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated today at a virtual summit of Quad leaders, along with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: PMO
The meeting reviewed the progress on Quad initiatives since the September 2021 Quad Summit. The leaders agreed on accelerating cooperation, with an objective to achieve concrete outcomes by the summit in Japan later this year: PMO
PM underlined that Quad must remain focused on its objective of promoting peace & prosperity in Indo-Pacific region. He called for concrete forms of cooperation within Quad, in areas like Humanitarian & Disaster Relief, debt sustainability, supply chains & capacity-building: PMO
The 117th Meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) comprising of Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan was held from March 1-3, 2022 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The last meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) was held from March 23-24, 2021 in New Delhi: MEA
During the meeting, technical discussions were held regarding ongoing projects including Pakal Dul, Kiru & Lower Kalnai. The Indian side underscored that all its projects are fully compliant with provisions of Treaty and provided technical details in support of its position: MEA
The Commission discussed the exchange of hydrological and flood data. Both sides discussed the issue of the Fazilka drain, and Pakistan assured that all necessary actions will continue to be taken to ensure the free flow of Fazilka drain into the river Sutlej: MEA
Excellent meeting of Consultative Committee on External Affairs this morning on Ukraine. My thanks to Dr S Jaishankar&his colleagues for a comprehensive briefing&candid responses to our questions & concerns. This is the spirit in which foreign policy should be run: Shashi Tharoor
Just completed a MEA consultative committee meeting on developments in Ukraine. A good discussion on the strategic and humanitarian aspects of the issue. Strong and unanimous message of support for efforts to bring back all Indians from Ukraine: EAM Dr S Jaishankar
(We had) many points. MEA will talk. It was a good meeting. We are all united: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor