Washington: India voted against Russia for the first time in the procedural vote held in the UN Security Council. When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was invited to address the meeting of the 15-member Security Council via video conference, Russia opposed it and India supported it.
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The UNSC met on Wednesday to assess the conflict that has been going on for six months in Ukraine. After the meeting began, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily A. Nebenzia requested a procedural vote on the participation of the President of Ukraine via video conference. Nebenzia said Russia was not opposed to Zelensky’s involvement, but that the involvement should be personal. He said that the committee had decided to work virtually during the Covid pandemic but now it has returned to normal procedures. Albania’s ambassador, Ferit Hoxha, supported Zelensky’s participation via video conference, arguing that Ukraine is at war and that the president needs to be here.
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The committee then allowed Zelensky to attend the meeting via video conference. But Russia voted against it and 12 countries including India voted in favour. But China abstained. Russia began military operations in Ukraine in February. This is the first time since then that India has voted against Russia on the Ukraine issue. India’s absence from the UN Security Council over Ukraine has angered Western powers led by the US. Western countries, including the US, imposed economic sanctions against Russia following the attack on Ukraine.
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Although India has not yet criticized Russia’s military action against Ukraine, it has repeatedly asked both countries to resolve the issue through diplomatic talks and expressed its support for all diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between the two countries.
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