Peace hinges on diplomacy, not oil trade: EAM in Ukraine

Jaishankar's terse reaffirmation of India's position that its energy sourcing is driven by national interestsThe Russia-Ukraine conflict will be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy and not by dwelling over who is buying oil from where, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar rejecting the Western narrative that countries buying energy from Russia are bankrolling President Vladimir Putin's war.Reiterating India's stance, the minister stressed that while the responsibility of ending the conflict rested with the parties involved, New Delhi stood ready to extend any necessary assistance to facilitate peace. Jaishankar was speaking alongside his Ukraine counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv after a meeting in which he recalled PM Narendra Modi's message to Putin last week that the endless w