New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Tuesday that India is interested in seeing a cessation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.

Misri was accompanied by Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal at the Special Briefing on the State visit of President of EU Council and the President of the EU Commission to India, where he said that the Ukraine issue was discussed among the leaders.

Misri said, "We are interested in seeing the earliest possible cessation of this conflict that has been going on for nearly four years now."

He added, "The issue about India's relationship with Russia is something on which we have spoken publicly on several occasions. There is a historical context for tha...