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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Biden Monday he hopes talks between Ukraine and Russia will lead to peace and called for an inquiry into atrocities outside of Kyiv as the U.S. prods India to take a harder line on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
India remains a vital partner to the U.S. in helping to counter China's increasingly aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region, even though New Delhi has declined to take a strong stand in the Ukrainian crisis against Russia, New Delhi's close ally since the earliest days of independence.
The world's two biggest democracies are having trouble getting on the same page over the world's hottest war.
ANALYSIS: The Indian government has refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the New Delhi government also is purchasing Russian oil, undercutting U.S. and Western efforts to create a united front of democracies to confront Moscow for its military aggression.
India's government on Friday said a missile that landed in Pakistan was the result of a "technical malfunction."