During his visit to India, Sullivan was accompanied by US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and discussions were held on the alleged involvement of Indian agents in the murder bid on separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the US.The phone call between the two NSAs took place a few days after PM Modi concluded his Russia visit. Even though PM Modi reiterated his stance that ‘this is not an era for war’ and there is need to resolve the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy objected to PM Modi hugging Russian President Vladmir Putin.PM Modi had even criticised, while in conversation with President Putin, the killing of children in conflict which was a reference to the deaths of children in an attack on a hospital in Kyiv.PM Modi’s visit to Russia also coincided with the NATO Summit in Washington DC that commemorated the 75th anniversary of the military alliance between Europe and America that was formed after World War 2.Meanwhile, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday said that during times of conflict there is no such thing as strategic autonomy. He said this while addressing a US-India defence conclave.
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