Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 12th August. India Deputy National Security Advisor Pavan Kapoor on Sunday held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top aide, Andriy Yermak in Kyiv, according to media reports.
The meeting came after reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit Ukraine this month. The two sides have not officially stated anything on the PM’s proposed visit.
A statement by Kyiv said Mr Yermak emphasised the importance of restoring “just peace” for Ukraine and “India’s participation in this process”.
Mr Yermak said in a social media post on X said ”Met with India’s Deputy National Security Advisor, Ambassador Pavan Kapoor. I emphasized the importance of restoring a just peace for Ukraine and India’s participation in this process. He expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contribute to these efforts”.
Sources said the two sides also discussed Mr Modi’s planned trip to Kyiv later this month around Ukraine’s National Day on August 24.
PM had held talks with President Zelenskyy in June on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy’s Apulia.
He told the Ukrainian leader that India would continue to do everything within its means to support a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict and that the way to peace is through “dialogue and diplomacy”.
Modi has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that this is not the time for war.
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