India has urged Russia and Ukraine to move towards ending the war. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised Vladimir Putin to move from “endless war” to the “end of war”, while Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has told Volodymyr Zelensky that India would help in any way possible.
But, can India go beyond advice and actually mediate between Moscow and Kyiv? The latest episode of Worldly Wisea weekly YouTube program of The Federalexamines India’s diplomatic role, the absence of a formal mediation mechanism and the growing pressure over its continued purchase of Russian oil. The episode also comes in the context of US moves to impose 100 % tariff on countries buying Russian energy.