New Delhi: Indian peacekeeping forces will not be deployed outside of United Nations-mandated missions, a senior Indian defence ministry official said Wednesday. European countries including Finnish President Alexander Stubb have in recent weeks been clamouring for India to play a greater role in bringing a pause to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Vishwesh Negi, joint secretary, International Cooperation in the Ministry of Defence, said at a press briefing on the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries Chiefs’ Conclave in New Delhi, “The government of India is very clear . Peacekeeping forces will only be deployed through the UN, in particular, the United Nations Security Council. We are quite clear on that, and it is unlikely that we would see Indian peacekeeping forces deployed o

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