West hails PM Modi’s advice to Putin

The West has been critical of India's stand on Russia's Ukraine invasion for months. But here's why they are praising Narendra Modi now...

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00:00Mahendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, was right when he said the time is not for war.

00:08I think what Prime Minister Modi said, a statement of principle,

00:11on behalf of what he believes is right and just, was very much welcomed by the United States.

01:00I think what Prime Minister Modi said, a statement of principle,

01:20on behalf of what he believes is right and just, was very much welcomed by the United States.

01:26And for the Indian leadership, which has longstanding relationships in Moscow,

01:33from the very top all the way through the Russian government, to continue to reinforce

01:37that message that now is the time for war to end. And the way this war should end is for Russia to

01:43abide by the basic terms of the UN Charter and to return the territories that it has seized by force.

01:49Mahendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, was right when he said

01:53the time is not for war. It is not for revenge against the West, or for opposing the West

02:03against the East. It is the time for a collective time for our sovereign equal states to cope

02:10together with challenges we face. This is why there's an urgent need to develop a new contract

02:16between the North and the South, an effective contract which

02:22is respectful for food, for biodiversity, for education.

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