Diplomacy paves method for evacuation 

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  Caught between the 2 Cold War-era superpowers, India has needed to do a fragile balancing act in order to not annoy both facet. However, with 1000’s of Indian college students trapped in war-torn Ukraine, the federal government needed to flip to Russia for his or her protected evacuation.

Despite going through intense stress from the US to vote towards Russia, India as soon as once more abstained on a UN General Assembly decision that deplored Russia’s aggression on Wednesday. It had twice earlier abstained from voting towards Russia within the UN Security Council. It is India’s determination to abstain that has facilitated the evacuation of its nationals stranded in Ukraine, in line with sources. More than 60 per cent of Indians are actually out of Ukraine. And if the evacuation course of goes as per plan, then most must be out earlier than the top of this week, sources stated.

PM Narendra Modi has had two telephonic exchanges with Russian President Vladimir Putin since February 24, with protected passage to Indians being his primary concern, moreover de-escalation of the hostilities.
In his clarification of vote, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN T S Tirumurthi stated, “We demand safe and uninterrupted passage for all Indian nationals, who are stranded in Ukraine, particularly Kharkhiv and other cities. We have reiterated this demand to both the Russian Federation and Ukraine. This remains our foremost priority.”