India: Ukrainian president asks India's Modi for UN Security Council support

NEW DELHI, 27 February 2022, (TON): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for political support at the United Nations after New Delhi abstained from a Security Council vote.

India is currently on the UN's top body but along with China and the United Arab Emirates did not vote on a resolution that deplored Russia's aggression against Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops.

Russia vetoed the resolution using its power as a permanent member of the council.

In a Twitter post on Saturday, Zelensky said “he had spoken with Modi and told him that more than 100,000 invaders are on our land.”

he tweeted “stop the aggressor together.”

Despite being a democracy and a member of the Quad grouping with Australia, Japan and the US, India has neither explicitly condemned Moscow's actions, nor called them an invasion.

Instead it has repeatedly referred to “developments” in Ukraine.

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