According to the chief of Slovak diplomacy Rastislav Kacer it's in the joint interests of the Austerlitz Format countries (S3: Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) and India to stop Russia's aggression against Ukraine without restricting Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Rastival Kacer held talks with his counterparts from Austria (Alexander Schallenberg), the Czech Republic (Jan Lipavsky) and India (Subrahmanyam Jaishankar) in Vienna on Monday. The fulcrum of the meeting was Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine and its global impacts on security, the economy, ties between the EU and India, and India's Presidency of the G20 group. "When it comes to protecting the rules-based international order, the democratic community must stick together. It's unacceptable to have borders redrawn by force," stated Kacer. "Therefore, along with my partners from Austria and the Czech Republic, I asked the Indian minister to make diplomatic efforts to bring Russia to the negotiating table and stop the aggression against Ukraine," stated Kacer. The talks also focused on the development of strategic cooperation between the EU and India, which includes building new supply chains and the resilience and economic independence of both regions,
Source: TASR
