India says highly unlikely that UN peace forces will be deployed in Ukraine, Gaza

AL-Monitor
Oct 1, 2025
A Palestinian woman carries belongings as she walks amid debris at a United Nations school where displaced people were taking shelter, after it was hit in overnight Israeli strikes, amid an Israeli military operation, at Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj
A Palestinian woman carries belongings as she walks amid debris at a United Nations school where displaced people were taking shelter, after it was hit in overnight Israeli strikes, amid an Israeli military operation, at Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj — Ebrahim Hajjaj

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -It is highly unlikely that UN peacekeeping forces will be deployed in Ukraine or Gaza given the compositionoftheUnited Nations Security Council, a senior Indian defence ministry official said on Wednesday.

The official, Vishwesh Negi, was speaking at a press conference of the conclave of army chiefs of United Nations troop contributing countries in New Delhi.

He was replying to questions about the possibility of deployment of UN peacekeepers in Ukraine and Gaza.

India is among the largest contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping missions and is considered a prominent player in the functioning of UN peacekeeping forces.

(Reporting by Shivam Patel, writing by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP Rajesh)