Jaishankar says India is going "beyond advocacy" on Russia-Ukraine war

Mixed · 2India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Sunday, 4 October 2026, that India is going "beyond advocacy" on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 1 2 Mixed · 2He spoke at the Munich Leaders Meeting in Delhi, in a speech titled "From New Delhi to New Momentum: Opportunities for Emerging and Middle Power Cooperation"; AFP described the event as a Munich Security Conference in New Delhi. 1 2 Mixed · 2Jaishankar said India's position is that the conflict should end through dialogue, diplomacy and negotiations, which India has advocated for many years, and that in recent months it has become "a little bit more involved beyond advocacy". 1 2

Mixed · 2He said India has conversations with both Russia and Ukraine, starting with Black Sea shipping safety and extending to grain exports, energy exports and "non-attack possibilities", and that these talks are ongoing. 1 2 Left · 1On ties with Russia, Jaishankar said Russia and the Soviet Union before it stood by India when its security and territorial integrity were under threat, and that India is shaped by that legacy. 1 Left · 1He also said the government seeks restoration of uninterrupted flows of energy, trade and mobility, that India is paying a price for distant conflicts in which it has no stake, and that the global landscape is shaped by changes in US attitudes, the rise of China and the "weaponisation of every leverage". 1

Centre · 1AFP added context: Jaishankar made his first solo trip to Ukraine in September, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin met in New Delhi that month. 2 Centre · 1AFP also reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US wants to broker a new round of talks by the end of October, that US-led efforts have largely stalled as Washington focuses on its war with Iran, and that previous rounds yielded no tangible progress because Moscow has not dropped its maximalist conditions. 2