“India ought to persuade Putin to cease struggle,” Ukraine Minister tells NDTV
New Delhi:
Ukraine at this time exhorted India once more to make use of her affect with Russia to cease the struggle that’s in its second month and value hundreds of lives. Requested if he sees Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the mediator between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelinsky and President Putin, Ukrainian overseas minister Dmytro Kuleba advised NDTV this night, “If Prime Minister Modi is keen to play that function, we’ll welcome his efforts”.
“Ukraine has been a dependable shopper of Indian merchandise,” Mr Kuleba advised NDTV within the unique interview.
“We at all times have been one of many guarantors of Indian meals safety. We at all times equipped you with sunflower oil, grains and different merchandise. That is an unusually useful relationship,” he mentioned.
“We request you to make the most of the extent of relationship India enjoys with Russia and persuade President (Vladimir) Putin to cease struggle,” he mentioned. “The one man making choices in Russia is President Putin. So you might want to converse with him immediately on how you can finish this struggle,” he added, describing the Russian President because the “solely particular person within the planet who desires this struggle”.
Describing the place of Ukraine, which has been compelled to defend itself from Russian aggression, and its struggle as a “honest struggle”, he mentioned, “I hope India will help Ukraine”.
The Ukraine minister additionally expressed his condolences for the demise of the Indian pupil throughout Russian bombing in Kharkiv. “Till Russia arrived with its tanks and planes, Ukraine has been a house for Indians. We wish college students to come back again,” he added.
Ukraine had one other spherical of talks with Russia yesterday in Istanbul. Whereas Kremlin at this time performed down hopes of a breakthrough, Mr Kuleba mentioned, “We’re exchanging concepts and making an attempt to agree on fundamentals. We’re far-off from the second the place paperwork might be signed”.
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