Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with the Indian Government on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Foreign Secretary and senior officials regularly raise Russia's actions in Ukraine with Indian counterparts. He did so by telephone with his counterpart in early February and again in person this week in Delhi. Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine is a clear breach of international law and the UN Charter, which India has long stood for. He has underlined that India also has a particular opportunity as rotating chair of the G20 to ensure a strong and consistent message on this issue.