US President Joe Biden held a video conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This was reported by “Voice of America”.
In particular, Modi told Biden that he proposed to hold direct talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to the newspaper, Biden is trying to convince Modi to join the economic restrictions against Russia in response to the war in Ukraine. The United States also does not want India to increase imports of russian energy resources.
As you know, russia offers India significant discounts after the imposition of Western sanctions.
Since the beginning of the russian military invasion of Ukraine, India has bought at least 13m barrels of Russian crude oil. According to Reuters, India bought 16m. barrels of oil last year.
It is noted that in a conversation with Biden, Modi expressed concern about destruction and murders of civilians in Ukraine, especially in Bucha.
"We immediately condemned this and demanded an independent investigation," said the Head of the Indian government.
India was one of the 58 countries that abstained from voting in the UN Human Rights Council on April 7, when russia was expelled from the Organization.