Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed offers from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to help broker a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine conflict during the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Neither country has joined the Western sanctions regime against Russia while maintaining robust strategic and economic ties with Moscow. No concrete proposals emerged from the summit, as talks between Modi and Xi focused on their bilateral border dispute rather than Ukraine. Putin continues to insist that NATO enlargement be addressed as a precondition for any peace deal, a demand that Ukraine and its Western backers categorically reject.
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