Overview

• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India should not be unfairly targeted in the context of the Ukraine war after a phone call with Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen.
• The United States has imposed roughly 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods over New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil, a move India calls unjustified and unreasonable.
• White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said the tariffs aim to cut a financial lifeline to Moscow’s war machine, a charge India has rejected.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that India maintains a principled and humanitarian stance on the conflict and stands ready to support meaningful efforts toward a peaceful resolution.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Modi coordinated positions ahead of the SCO summit and noted Ukraine’s stated readiness for a meeting with Russia’s leader.