The Ukrainian leader has tried to pressure PM Narendra Modi into endorsing his “peace platform”
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky offered Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to host a peace conference on ending the conflict with Russia, Bloomberg has reported.
Modi visited Kiev last week, the first Indian leader to do so. He declined to mediate between Ukraine and Russia but reportedly said he would gladly “pass messages” between the two countries.
During the visit, Zelensky asked Modi to host a “peace summit” in India before November, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the exchange. Zelensky’s spokesman Sergey Nikiforov said that Kiev was considering hosting a conference in a Global South country, “in particular” India.
Modi has yet to respond, according to Bloomberg’s sources. India’s Foreign Ministry has not commented on the claim.
Zelensky himself has publicly brought up the possibility of a peace conference at a press briefing with reporters from India, after Modi had left Kiev.
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