Indian Prime Minister visits Ukraine, asks Zelenskiy to sit and talk with Russia

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Ukraine and met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Modi, according to newspaper reports, urged Zelenskiy to sit down for talks with Russia and end the war. India is learnt to have offered to act as friends to bring peace between the two countries.

"The road to resolution can only be found through dialogue and diplomacy. And we should move in that direction without wasting any time. Both sides should sit together to find a way out of this crisis," Modi said. "I want to assure you that India is ready to play an active role in any efforts towards peace. If I can play any role in this personally, I will do that, I want to assure you as a friend," he said.

Modi in July had met Russia president Putin in Moscow where he called for peace. On that very same day, a Russian missile had hit a children’s hospital, and the meeting of Modi with Putin had not gone too well with Ukraine. India has close economic and defence ties with Moscow. Though it has publicly criticised the deaths of innocent people in the war, it has also strengthened its economic ties with Moscow.