White House on Friday (local time) reiterated that the US would welcome any effort that could lead to an end of hostilities in Ukraine when asked if there is still time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the war or convince President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, \u201cI think there\u2019s still time for Putin to stop the war. I think there\u2019s still time for it. I will let PM (PM Modi) speak to whatever efforts he\u2019s willing to undertake. The US would welcome any effort that could lead to an end of hostilities in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notably, PM Modi\u2019s statement, this is not the era for war during his interaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a statement of principle he believes is right and was welcomed by the US and resonated widely in Europe in a very positive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization\u2019s summit, PM Modi said, \u201cToday\u2019s era is not of war and I have spoken to you about it on the call. Today we will get the opportunity to talk about how we can progress on the path of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister spoke about this during a bilateral meeting in Uzbekistan\u2019s Samarkand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This statement was accepted by world leaders and was praised by international media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM Modi\u2019s \u201cToday\u2019s era is not of war\u201d became a part of the outcome statement of the G20 joint declaration at Bali in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby meanwhile blamed President Putin for the Russia-Ukraine war. He said, \u201cThe single person responsible for what the Ukrainian people are going through is Vladimir Putin and he could stop it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead, he\u2019s firing cruise missiles into energy and power infrastructure and trying to knock out the lights and knock out the heat so the Ukrainian people suffer even more than they already have,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby, however, said that the end of hostilities should come, \u201cin keeping with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s objectives and leadership, his determination of what is acceptable to the Ukrainian people. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo that when President Zelenskyy determines it\u2019s time to negotiate and he\u2019s the only one that can make that determination he can do it with the strongest hand possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby also highlighted US President Joe Biden\u2019s efforts to end the devastating war between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo President Biden has said these gosh dozens of times. We think this war could end today, should end today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking about US military aid to Ukraine, he said, \u201cAnd since he\u2019s (President Putin) not willing to do that, clearly we\u2019ve got to make sure we can help the Ukrainians succeed on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
White House on Friday (local time) reiterated that the US would welcome any effort that could lead to an end of hostilities in Ukraine when asked if there is still time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the war or convince President Vladimir Putin. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, \u201cI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"yoast_head":"\n