While addressing a weekly media briefing on Friday, Jaiswal stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already indicated India's willingness to play a constructive role in the interest of peace.
India is a rising power. It is playing a more and more important role. It is playing in many conflicts, stabilizing role in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict as well," Orban said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. During the talks, Putin highlighted Russia's approaches to resolving the conflict that is ongoing between Moscow and Kyiv.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and exchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and his insights from the recent visit to Ukraine.
The two sides reconciled approaches to certain international and bilateral issues and the conversation took place in a trusting and constructive atmosphere, the Russian Embassy in India, said in a statement.
Ukraine has alleged, citing intelligence sources, that Belarus Armed Forces are "concentrating a significant number of personnel" and weaponry along Ukrainian northern border "under the guise of exercises," Kyiv Independent reported on Saturday.
The leaders expressed "deepest concern" over the Ukraine conflict including its "terrible and tragic humanitarian consequences" and reiterated the need for a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Ukraine on August 23 on the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the solution will not emerge from the battlefield, adding that it is imperative to return to dialogue and diplomacy.
Stating that America partners with India in a number of key areas, the US has urged New Delhi to support efforts to "realise an enduring and just peace for Ukraine."