India willing to play every possible role to end war: PM's message in Ukraine
India's stand of "dialogue and diplomacy" and announced every possible assistance to resolve the Russo-Ukraine conflict, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in Kyiv on Friday following the PM's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The PM, Jaishankar said, stressed «India's willingness to contribute in all ways possible». The two leaders also discussed Modi's conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow in July, Jaishankar said, adding India explained its position on energy ties with Russia.
Modi invited Zelenskyy to visit India at a mutually convenient opportunity.
«Much of discussions between PM Modi and President Zelenskyy was with regard to the war in Ukraine,» Jaishankar said, adding, «There have been a number of public positions taken by India and the prime minister on the subject… A little more than two years ago, he publicly said that this is not the era of war and underlined that dialogue and diplomacy are the key… Most recently he emphasised that solution will not come out of the battlefield.»
«This is a landmark visit. It's the first time that an Indian PM has visited Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992. PM arrived by a special train in the morning and he was received by the first deputy foreign minister at the Kyiv railway station. He met the Indian community,» Jaishankar said in a media briefing in Kyiv following the meeting between Modi and Zelenskyy.
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