INDIA yachagua amani mzozo wa Ukraine

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Na Yoshita Singh

HUKU mzozo wa Ukraine ukiendelea kwa miezi kadhaa, siku ya Jumamosi lndia ililiambia Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa kwamba iko upande wa amani na upande unaotaka mazungumzo na diplomasia ndio njia pekee ya kutokea.

Mzozo wa Ukraine unapoendelea kupamba moto, mara nyingi tunaulizwa tuko upande wa nani. na jibu letu, kila wakati, ni la moja kwa moja na la uaminifu,”

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje S Jaishankar alisema katika hotuba yake kwenye kikao cha ngazi ya juu cha Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa mjini New York.

Alisisitiza kuwa ni kwa maslahi ya pamoja ya jumuiya ya kimataifa kufanya kazi kwa njia yenye kujenga, ndani ya Umoja wa Mataifa na nje, katika kutafuta suluhu ya mapema ya mzozo huo.

Akitoa taarifa ya kitaifa, alisema katika mzozo huu India iko upande wa amani na itasalia huko.

"Tuko upande unaoheshimu Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa na kanuni zake za msingi. Tuko upande unaotaka mazungumzo na diplomasia ndio njia pekee ya kutoka," alisema.

"Tuko upande wa wale wanaohangaika kutafuta riziki, hata wanapotazama gharama zinazoongezeka za chakula, mafuta na mbolea," waziri alisema.

Kwanini Marekani, Urusi zinaitaka India Kwa Upande Wake
Katika majukwaa mbalimbali ya Umoja wa Mataifa kama vile Baraza la Usalama la Umoja wa Mataifa na Baraza Kuu, India imejiepusha zaidi na maazimio kuhusu mzozo wa Ukraine.

Jaishankar alionyesha wasiwasi wake juu ya kuzorota kwa kasi kwa mazingira ya kimataifa.

"Ulimwengu tayari unapambana na changamoto za kufufua uchumi baada ya janga. Hali ya madeni ya nchi zinazoendelea ni mbaya.

"Kwa hili, sasa inaongezwa kupanda kwa gharama na kupungua kwa upatikanaji wa mafuta, chakula na mbolea. Haya, pamoja na usumbufu wa biashara na upotoshaji, ni miongoni mwa matokeo mengi ya mzozo wa Ukraine."

Aliongeza kuwa madhara ya mzozo unaoendelea wa Ukraine yamezidisha mikazo ya kiuchumi, haswa kwenye chakula na nishati.

India imekuwa ikikariri kwa nguvu hitaji la kusitishwa mara moja kwa uhasama wote na kurejea kwa mazungumzo na diplomasia.

India bado haijashutumu uvamizi wa Urusi nchini Ukraine na imekuwa ikishikilia kuwa mgogoro huo lazima utatuliwe kwa njia ya diplomasia na mazungumzo.

Putin Jumatano alitangaza "uhamasishaji wa sehemu" wa askari wa akiba wapatao 300,000 na athari ya haraka kutokana na vikwazo vilivyoteseka na Urusi katika mzozo wake mkali na Ukraine, akisema ni muhimu kama Moscow inapigana na "mashine nzima ya kijeshi ya Magharibi ya pamoja."

Tangu mwanzoni mwa Septemba, vikosi vya Ukraine vimechukua kwa haraka maeneo makubwa ya ardhi katika eneo la Kharkiv nchini Ukraine ambalo wanajeshi wa Urusi walichukua nafasi katika wiki za mwanzo za vita vilivyoanza Februari 24.

 

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By Yoshita Singh

With the months-long Ukraine conflict raging on, India on Saturday told the United Nations General Assembly that it is on the side of peace and on the side that calls for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way out.

As the Ukraine conflict continues to rage, we are often asked whose side we are on. And our answer, each time, is straight and honest,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in his address to the high-level UN General Assembly session in New York.

He underlined that it is in the collective interest of the international community to work constructively, both within the United Nations and outside, in finding an early resolution to this conflict.

Delivering the national statement, he said in this conflict India is on the side of peace and will remain firmly there.

"We are on the side that respects the UN Charter and its founding principles. We are on the side that calls for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way out,” he said.

“We are on the side of those struggling to make ends meet, even as they stare at escalating costs of food, fuel and fertilizers,” the minister said.

Why US, Russia Want India On Its Side
At various UN platforms like the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, India has mostly abstained on resolutions on the Ukraine conflict.

Jaishankar voiced concern over the sharp deterioration in the international landscape.

"The world is already struggling with challenges of post-pandemic economic recovery. The debt situation of the developing (countries) is precarious.

"To this, is now added the rising costs and shrinking availability of fuel, food and fertilizers. These, along with trade disruptions and diversions, are among the many consequences of the Ukraine conflict.”

He added that the repercussions of the ongoing Ukraine conflict have further heightened economic stresses, especially on food and energy.

India has been strongly reiterating the need for an immediate cessation of all hostilities and a return to dialogue and diplomacy.

India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.

Putin on Wednesday announced a “partial mobilisation” of some 300,000 reservists with immediate effect in the wake of setbacks suffered by Russia in its raging conflict with Ukraine, saying it was necessary as Moscow is fighting the “entire military machine of the collective West.”

Since early September, Ukraine forces have swiftly recaptured large swaths of land in Ukraine's Kharkiv region that Russian troops took over in early weeks of the war which began on February 24.