KYIV: India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (Aug 23) to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act as a friend to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv.
India n Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine , Aug 23, 2024. KYIV: India 's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act as a friend to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv.
"The road to resolution can only be found through dialogue and diplomacy. And we should move in that direction without wasting any time. Both sides should sit together to find a way out of this crisis," Modi said. Ukraine has repeatedly said it wants the war to end but on Kyiv's terms, not Russia's. Ukraine has been pushing to hold a second international summit later this year to advance its vision of peace and involve representatives from Russia.pointedly excluded Russia, while attracting scores of delegations, including one from India, but not from China, the world's second-largest economy.
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