India News | It Will Be Based on Our Interests: FS on India's Position on Upcoming UN Resolutions on Ukraine Crisis

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) With a number of resolutions coming up at the United Nations on the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said India will consider those in their "entirety" and on the basis of national interests.

While at least two resolutions on the crisis are set to be brought before the UN Security Council, another is coming up at the UN General Assembly.

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"In the UN, we take positions that are based on certain very careful considerations and certainly we do regard the merits of each and every case," Shringla said at a media briefing.

"We will consider them in their entirety and take decisions in our best interests," he said.

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The foreign secretary was replying to a question on whether India's position on the crisis will see some change following the death of an Indian student due to intense shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday.

Last week, India abstained from voting on a resolution at the UN Security Council that sought to deplore the Russian military attack on Ukraine.

But at the same time, India called for respecting the "sovereignty and territorial integrity" of countries and sought immediate cessation of "violence and hostilities".

While abstaining from voting on the resolution, India issued an "Explanation of Vote" (EoV), in which it called for a "return to the path of diplomacy" and sought immediate cessation of "violence and hostilities".

India also told the UN Security Council that it has been in touch with all the parties concerned, urging them to return to the negotiating table.

"The contemporary global order has been built on the UN Charter, international law, and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states," India said in the EoV.

"All member states need to honour these principles in finding a constructive way forward. Dialogue is the only answer to settling differences and disputes, however daunting that may appear at this moment," it said.

Russia used its veto power to block the US-sponsored resolution deploring in the "strongest terms" the Russian "aggression" against Ukraine. Besides India, China and the United Arab Emirates also abstained from voting.

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