At the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, India's External Affairs Minister said major conflicts need diplomatic pathways and pressed for diversified supply chains.

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• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
• The United States holds the G20 presidency in 2026.
• Jaishankar said PM Modi discussed the Ukraine conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi and earlier in Bishkek.
• He said he had visited Moscow and then Kyiv and discussed the issue with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
• India is coordinating with the United States, which runs its own peace mediation initiative, he said.
• India's first concern is ensuring civilian shipping and seafarers are not attacked.
• The second is finding a way to restore grain exports from Russia and Ukraine, which have fallen sharply because of Black Sea disruptions.
• The third is preventing attacks on energy infrastructure and shipments, which he called the most complicated piece.
• Jaishankar said there are no military solutions to major conflicts and that a diplomatic pathway must be found.
• He argued that politicised energy flows hurt the Global South and flagged fertiliser shortages linked to tensions in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea corridors.
• On supply chains, he called for diversified production and manufacturing, the "right to industrialise" and the de-politicisation of markets.
• Earlier the same day he attended the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting with Rubio, Japan's Toshimitsu Motegi and Australia's Penny Wong.