Berlin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in his visit in Germany said that India supports peace and made an appeal to end the war, no country can emerge victorious in the Ukraine conflict. This was PM Modi’s first meeting with Scholz after he assumed the office of the Chancellor in December 2021.

The two Governments later signed a joint declaration expressing strong support for upcoming talks between the European Union and India on a free trade agreement. Chancellor Scholz also confirmed he had invited PM Modi as a special guest to G7 leaders’ summit next month, seen as part of an effort to forge a broader alliance against Russia.

     After meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Modi speaking media persons said that India have insisted on a ceasefire and called for talks as the only way to resolve dispute since the start of the Ukraine crisis. We believe that there won’t be any winners in this war and everyone will lose, which is why we are in favour of peace, he said.

    Besides the humanitarian impact on Ukrainians, pressure on oil prices and global food supplies is also putting a burden on every family in the world, but steered clear of condemning Russia over the invasion. Germany’s Scholz stressed that the war in Ukraine threatened the rule-based global order. Russia has jeopardized the fundamental principles of international law with its attack on Ukraine

    He and PM Modi agreed that the inviolability of borders and sovereignty of nations must not be called into question. We thoroughly discussed that we want to achieve a better future not by fighting wars against each other but by making economic development possible together, said Scholz.

PM Modi and Chancellor Olaf Scholz co-chaired the sixth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations this afternoon. The two leaders held a one-on-one discussion before the delegation-level talks.