(10 Jul 2024)
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Vienna – 10 July 2024
1. Wide of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer
2. Mid of honour guard
3. Modi and Nehammer walking past military honour guard
4. Wide of honour guard with Modi and Nehammer walking past, pan right
5. Honour guard and Indian flag
6. Modi and Nehammer arriving for news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Karl Nehammer, Austrian chancellor:
“It was indeed an important and meaningful sign that India as a founding member of the BRICS participated in the Swiss peace summit in Bürgenstock. Today we talked about an even stronger commitment and about further possibilities to restart the peace process in general.”
8. Wide of Modi and Nehammer at news conference, Modi clapping
9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister:
“I have already said, that this is not the era of war. Problems cannot be solved on the battlefield. The loss of innocent lives is not acceptable wherever it may take place. India and Austria both put emphasis on dialogue and diplomacy for the rapid restoration of peace and stability. Both of us are ready to provide all possible support to achieve this.”
10. Wide of Nehammer and Modi leaving news conference
STORYLINE:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the importance of "dialogue and diplomacy" while discussing Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine on Wednesday with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, a day after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Modi met Chancellor Karl Nehammer on what he said was the first visit to Austria by an Indian prime minister in 41 years.
Nehammer told reporters it was important to understand India’s position on Ukraine and convey Europe’s concerns.
He said it was an “important and significant signal” that India took part in a summit in Switzerland last month.
Modi’s visit to Moscow, a longtime partner for New Delhi, was his first since the Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine started.
While in Moscow, Modi reiterated India’s neutral stance on the invasion.
He also alluded to an attack on Monday when Russian missiles struck across Ukraine, damaging the largest children’s hospital in Kyiv and killing at least 42 people nationwide, including some children.
In his comments Wednesday, Modi said in general terms that he and Nehammer had discussed all the world’s conflicts, including Ukraine.
He said that “problems cannot be solved in the battlefield” and that “the loss of innocent lives is not acceptable, wherever it may take place.”
“India and Austria both lay emphasis on dialogue and diplomacy for the rapid restoration of peace and stability,” he said. “Both of us are ready to provide all possible support to achieve this.”
Modi and Nehammer took no questions from journalists.
AP video by Philipp Jenne
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