newsassociate.newrstraders.co.in Ramesh Kumar

8/9/2024

Science & Technology

C Raja Mohan writes: India’s role in peacemaking in Ukraine

As this year’s fighting season inches to a close in Ukraine, a new round of peace diplomacy is unfolding. As the war drags on into the third year, the incentives for ending it in both Moscow and Kyiv seem larger. Russian President Vladimir Putin the other day welcomed peacemaking diplomacy from Brazil, China, and India. The Ukrainian president too wants the leaders of the Global South to pitch in for peace.

Does the new context provide greater room for Indian peace diplomacy in Ukraine? As it considers a more active peacemaking role, Delhi should be clear about the possibilities and limitations of what it can do. To be sure, India is in favour of peace and has been pressing for dialogue and diplomacy since the very start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But calling for peace is very different from the capability to produce it.