India, May 4 -- Europe display sensitivity and mutuality of interest for deeper ties with India, which is looking for partners that do not resort to preaching, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Jaishankar, who was participating in an interactive session, criticised attempts by the West to find a solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict without involving Moscow by saying that such an approach "challenged the basics of realism".

There is an "important fit" and complementarity between India and Russia as a resource provider and consumer, he said against the backdrop of efforts by the US administration to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Jaishankar responded to...