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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz During the latter's ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Feb. 25, 2023. Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany wants to get India to support, or at least not block, Western efforts to isolate Russia for waging a devastating war against Ukraine.  Following his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Scholz said that developing countries are being negatively impacted by energy and food shortages resulting from the war and hopes that India will help secure critical supplies to Asia, Africa and the Americas.  Modi maintained his cautious approach and said India wanted the conflict to be ended through dialogue and diplomacy. Moscow is a major supplier of arms and oil to India.  Scholz says Russia’s war against Ukraine “violated the fundamental principle to what we all agr