Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where he reiterated India's steadfast and unflinching position in the pacific solution of the prevailing situation in the region. Modi also offered support for efforts in restoring peace at the earliest.
While discussing, President Zelenskyy expressed his observations regarding recent events in Ukraine. The two leaders assessed the state of the bilateral relationship between India and Ukraine and examined ways to enhance cooperation in areas of common interest.
Post the discussion, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) issued a statement stating, "Prime Minister thanked President Zelensky and reaffirmed India's consistent and firm position for peaceful resolution of the conflict and support for efforts towards earliest restoration of peace. PM reiterated India's commitment to provide all possible assistance in this regard."
This important dialogue took place ahead of the much-anticipated meeting scheduled this week between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
PM Modi tweeted on X, "Happy to talk with President Zelensky and listen to his views on recent events. I expressed India's consistent stand on the necessity of an early and peaceful resolution of the conflict. India is committed to making every effort in this direction, as also to strengthening bilateral cooperation with Ukraine further."
The two leaders decided to maintain an open line of communication. Zelenskyy also tweeted on X regarding the call, thanking Modi for his "warm words of encouragement" for the people of Ukraine.
"I had a long phone conversation with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. We spoke at length about all significant matters – both our bilateral collaboration and the general diplomatic environment.". I would like to thank the Prime Minister for his kind words of solidarity with our people. I reported on Russian shelling of our cities and villages, on yesterday's strike on the Zaporizhzhia bus station, where dozens of citizens were hurt as a result of a deliberate Russian bombing of a routine city infrastructure. And this is when there is finally a diplomatic prospect of stopping the war. Rather than proving itself to be ready for a ceasefire, Russia is proving only its eagerness to carry on the occupation and killings," declared Zelenskyy.
The President of Ukraine announced that he and PM Modi agreed to organize a one-on-one meeting in September at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and arrange exchange visits.
“It is important that India is supporting our peace efforts and shares the position that everything concerning Ukraine must be decided with Ukraine’s participation. Other formats will not deliver results. We also discussed in detail the sanctions against Russia. I noted that it is necessary to limit the export of Russian energy, particularly oil, to reduce its potential and ability to finance the continuation of this war. It is necessary that all leaders with concrete leverage on Russia send the respective signals to Moscow. We coordinated the planning of a personal meeting in September at the UN General Assembly and the implementation of an exchange of visits," Zelenskyy said.
Earlier, on Saturday, India had hailed the announcement of the imminent summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to be held on August 15 in Alaska.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman Randhir Jaiswal stated, "India welcomes the consensus achieved between the United States and the Russian Federation for a meeting in Alaska on 15th August 2025. The meeting has the promise of ending the war in Ukraine and opening up the possibilities of peace. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated on many occasions, 'This is not an era of war'."
He also reiterated, "India, thus, supports the forthcoming Summit meeting and is willing to assist these efforts."
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