India Joins Peace Summit on Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Advocates Dialogue and Diplomacy

NEW DELHI: India will be represented by the MEA’s secretary (West) Pavan Kapoor at the two-day Peace Summit on the Russia-Ukraine conflict that began on Saturday near Lucerne that is being hosted by Switzerland. India had announced earlier this week that it would participate in the conference which is backed by the West. Russia has not been invited and China has decided to stay away. New Delhi is expected to pitch "dialogue and diplomacy" as the only way forward to arrive at a resolution of the conflict that has now dragged on for more than two years. India has close…