Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that India “is not neutral” but firmly “on the side of peace” in the Ukraine war, echoing the position he conveyed to Donald Trump earlier this year.

In their high-profile bilateral meeting in New Delhi, Modi hailed Putin as a “visionary leader” and stressed that “this is an era of peace,” expressing confidence that recent global efforts would steer the world back toward stability.

In his televised opening remarks at the summit, Modi said the conflict should come to an end through dialogue and diplomacy.

On his part, Putin said Russia is working on a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a two-day state visit to India, was accorded a tri-services guard of honour at Rashtrapati

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