Indian Prime Minister Modi to visit Ukraine in August
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Narendra Modi is planning a visit to Kyiv on August 23. This will be the first trip to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since the Russian invasion in 2022, following an invitation from President Zelensky.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kyiv in August. This will be his first visit to Ukraine since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022. Several sources in Delhi's diplomatic circles confirmed that the visit will take place in the third week of August, most likely on August 23. This was reported by the Indian edition of WION, according to UNN.
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Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Prime Minister Modi and invited the Indian leader to visit his country.
High-level exchanges between the two sides took place this month. Jaishankar and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ajit Doval and his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Yermak held telephone talks.
After the talks, Jaishankar wrote on social media that the talks were about “further development of our bilateral relations.
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Prime Minister Modi met with Zelenskyy in June in Italy on the sidelines of the G7 summit. During this meeting, the two sides discussed the current situation in Ukraine, with the Indian Prime Minister emphasizing “dialogue and diplomacy.” According to the meeting handout, the prime minister “reiterated that India will continue to do everything possible to support a peaceful solution to the problem.
This was the second such face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since the war - the first took place last year on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Japan.
