China, India voice concerns over Ukraine conflict during talks with Putin

The leaders of China and India have offered their strongest criticisms of Russia’s war in Ukraine yet, with Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi declaring their concerns during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in talks at the Shanghai Cooperation Council summit last week.

• Putin acknowledged Beijing’s “questions and concerns” and praised its “balanced position” on the conflict during his meeting with Xi, Russian media quoted him as saying.
• “Today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this,” Modi told the Russian president during a televised meeting.