US briefs India on Russia's military 'build-up' on Ukraine border
Ukrainian forces on the Russian frontline near to Avdiivka, south-eastern Ukraine.
The United States has briefed India on Russian military "build-up" on Ukraine's border even as the situation in eastern Europe remains on the brink.
In a telephonic conversation with India's foreign secretary Harsh Shringla on Wednesday, US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman spoke on a number of issues "including Russia’s concerning military build-up on Ukraine’s borders and regional issues" said a state department readout.
During the talks, both sides discussed a wide range of issues such as the Indo-Pacificsituation, UNSC cooperation and the Iran-P5+1 negotiations that have been going on.
The focus was also on dealing with the ongoing pandemicas they agreed to remain closely coordinated on "shared goals and priorities and reiterated the importance of a strong US-India partnership to mitigate the COVID-19 Omicron variant’s rapid advance."
The call from Washington comes even as US secretary of State Blinken is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to reassure the country against any possible Russian action. Blinken is set to meet Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday as both Washington abdMoscow hope to find a "diplomatic off-ramp", state department officials have said.
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Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov had a meeting with the Indian envoy to Russia Pavan Kapoor on Monday.
During the meetingthey "exchanged views andassessments on the events in Geneva, Brussels andVienna on security guarantees for Russia" according to a Russian readout.
Last week, Geneva saw eight-hourlong US-Russia talks led by Ryabkov andSherman to diffuse the crisis and understand each other's concerns. Moscow has been strongly opposing Ukraine's membership of NATO alliance which it sees as athreat to its security.
For India, both US andRussia are close partners. Russian President Putin was in Delhi last month for the annual summitwhile PM Modi was in Washington last year for a bilateral with US President Biden andparticipation at the Quad summit.