'We aim to restore Ukraine's sovereignty'

On a visit to India to attend the G20 summit on March 2, US Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN spoke exclusively to India Today TV's foreign affairs editor GEETA MOHAN. Excerpts:

- GEETA MOHAN

Q. The West seems to have failed in isolating Russia so far. Why? 

A. On the contrary, it’s clear in a variety of ways that Rus sia is isolated for its aggression against Ukraine. Go back a couple weeks ago—141 countries, three quarters of the United Nations, stood up in the General Assembly and voted for a resolut ion condemning Russia’s agg ression and calling for a just, durable peace in Ukraine. Here at the G20, at the foreign ministers’ meeting, if you look at the chair statement that was put out by India, it reflects on the part of 18 of the 20 countries—that is, every country except for Russia and China—the very language used by the leaders in the Bali meetings just a few months ago about what Russia is doing in Ukraine.