Russia views Narendra Modi’s trip as a contribution to the settlement of the crisis, the foreign ministry says
Moscow will continue dialogue with New Delhi following a visit to Kiev by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Modi traveled to the Ukrainian capital last week, where he met Vladimir Zelensky and declared that India would not be a “neutral or an indifferent bystander.”
It was the first-ever visit by an Indian prime minister to Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
“We consider the visit of Indian Prime Minister Modi to Kiev as an effort to make a contribution to the political and diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, along with the efforts of other countries,” Zakharova said at a briefing on Wednesday.
She added that Moscow was ready to maintain discussions with “friends in India” on the Ukraine conflict.
Following the visit, the Indian prime minister briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden on his landmark trip to Kiev.
Modi said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that he had “exchanged perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine conflict” with Putin, and shared his “insights from the recent visit to Ukraine.”
