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In his first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his help to end the war.
“India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,” Modi said on Saturday, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in Japan, according to the Indian news agency ANI.
Zelensky thanked him for India’s support for his country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Ukrainian president further shared on Telegram that he had a described to Modi his country’s need for de-mining and mobile hospitals. Zelensky invited the Indian leader to participate in the implementation of the Ukrainian peace plan.
Don’t mention the war: India fails to rebrand Ukraine conflict at G20 meet
India has good relations with Russia, from which it buys defence equipment and energy. The Indian government has taken a neutral stance on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and does not endorse Western sanctions.
Since the beginning of the war a year ago, Modi has spoken several times with Russian President Vladimir Putin and on the phone with Zelensky.
India is not a member of the G7 but was invited to attend as a guest nation.


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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders’ summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022. Russia continues to be India’s largest arms supplier, even though its share of Indian defence imports fell from 62 per cent to 45 per cent between 2017 and 2022. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS

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‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,’ Modi said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan
India has good relations with Russia, from which it buys defence equipment and energy, and has taken a neutral stance on the conflict


‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,’ Modi said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.


India’s Modi promises Ukraine’s Zelensky to ‘do whatever we can’ about war with Russia in first face-to-face meeting

‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,’ Modi said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan India has good relations with Russia, from which it buys defence equipment and energy, and has taken a neutral stance on the conflict

‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of war,’ Modi said on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan

India has good relations with Russia, from which it buys defence equipment and energy, and has taken a neutral stance on the conflict