New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he shared his “insights” from his recent visit to Ukraine and reiterated India’s firm commitment to supporting an early, abiding and peaceful resolution of the conflict with Ukraine.
Modi in a post on X said the two leaders also discussed measures to further strengthen Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between the two countries.
He said, “Exchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and my insights from the recent visit to Ukraine. Reiterated India’s firm commitment to support an early, abiding and peaceful resolution of the conflict.”
He wrote, “Spoke with President Putin today. Discussed measures to further strengthen Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. Exchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and my insights from the recent visit to Ukraine. Reiterated India’s firm commitment to support an early, abiding, and peaceful resolution of the conflict.”
PM Modi, who is being looked up to as a harbinger of peace between the war-torn countries, recently visited Russia and Ukraine.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he looked forward to visiting India as it can be a “key” in the global diplomatic efforts to end the war between his country and Russia. Zeleskyy’s comments came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to Ukraine, invited him to visit India during their bilateral talks here.
The Ukrainian president was addressing the Indian media persons after the bilateral meeting when he also said, “Modi’s visit was historic,” and added: “I very much need your country on our side, not balancing between US and Russia.” Modi’s nearly nine-hour visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian prime minister since its independence in 1991, came six weeks after he held summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July in Moscow.
During the bilateral talks, Modi had earlier told Zelenskyy that both Ukraine and Russia should sit together without wasting time to find ways to end the ongoing war and that India had been on the side of peace since the beginning of the conflict in February 2022.
