Russian and Indian Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu and Rajnath Singh. File photoNEW DELHI, Mar 5India does not view relations with Russia only in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said. «Our diplomatic approach is to maintain good relations with all countries, and this is the context in which India is acting. We do not see the relationship between India and Russia only in the context of this crisis between Russia and Ukraine,» Singh told The Hindu. whatever needed to be done diplomatically.» Whatever needed to be done diplomatically, what was appropriate, was done by the Indian government. We have argued that diplomacy and negotiation should be used to achieve peace and end violence; we have repeatedly said about this. Actually, our approach was also appreciated by the country's opposition parties,» the Minister of Defense said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24 lying. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population.
