Indian PM arrives in Ukraine
2024/08/23 - 10:06
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Ukraine. This is his first official visit to Ukraine since it gained independence in 1991.
Source: Times of India
Details: Modi arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 23 August. He is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Previously:
Ahead of his visit to Ukraine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for peace to be restored and announced that he would share his prospects for ending the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Background:
- Modi visited Russia in early July, the same day that Russian forces targeted the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv. At a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Modi urged him to end the war against Ukraine and said that a resolution could not be found on the battlefield.
- The Ukrainian president criticised Modi's meeting with Putin, calling it a "devastating blow to peace efforts". In response, India summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to discuss Zelenskyy's remark.
- The United States has expressed concern about India's relations with Russia amid Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
- The Ukrainian President's Office officially announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on the eve of Independence Day, which is celebrated annually on 24 August.
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