New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- India has gone beyond its advocacy of the past few years and engaged in conversations with Russia and Ukraine in recent months to end the war between the two countries, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday in the first public acknowledgement of New Delhi's initiative to address the conflict.

Jaishankar's comments came two days after Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv has received ceasefire proposals from four countries, including one from India that is "most comprehensive", and three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "excellent ideas" aimed at mutually acceptable solutions.

Sharing limited details of the Indian initiative at the Munich ...