India would do everything within its means to support peaceful solution: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conveyed to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting that India would continue to do everything within its means to support a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict and that the way to peace is through dialogue and diplomacyThe upcoming Swiss peace conference for Ukraine also figured in the ModiZelenskyy talks held on the margins of the G7 summit in Italys Apulia and the Ukranian president thanked the prime minister for sending a highlevel delegation to the conclave in over the weekend in SwitzerlandIn the meeting Modi told Zelenskyy that India believes in a humancentric approach The two leaders exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine and the upcoming Summit on Peace being hosted by SwitzerlandIn a post on X the Ukranian president said he and Modi talked about the Peace Summit and issues on its agenda and that he thanked the Indian prime minister for sending a highlevel delegation to itModi described the meeting with the Ukranian president as very productive and said India is eager to further cement bilateral relations with UkraineHad a very productive meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy India is eager to further cement bilateral relations with Ukraine Modi said on XRegarding the ongoing hostilities reiterated that India believes in a humancentric approach and believes that the way to peace is through dialogue and diplomacy he saidThe Ministry of External Affairs MEA said Modi and Zelenskyy exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine and the upcoming Peace Summit in SwitzerlandThe prime minister conveyed that India continues to encourage peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy and reiterated that India would continue to do everything within its means to support a peaceful solution it saidIt said Modi thanked President Zelenskyy for his warm wishes on his assuming office for the third termWe discussed the development of bilateral relations and trade in particular in the context of the Black Sea export corridor functioning Zelenskyy said ion XWe explored the possibility of exchanging experience in the use of new technologies in agriculture he saidWe also talked about the Global Peace Summit and issues on its agenda I thank Prime Minister Modi for sending a highlevel delegation to the Summit the Ukranian president saidSwitzerland is hosting several global leaders on June 15 and 16 in an attempt to chart a roadmap for brining peace to Ukraine The Indian delegation at the summit is expected to be headed by a senior diplomatSwitzerland has invited Prime Minister Modi to attend itExternal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal the two leaders reviewed bilateral relationship and exchanged views on situation in UkraineFurthering IndiaUkraine partnership PM narendramodi met President ZelenskyyUa of Ukraine on the sidelines of the 50th G7 Summit in Apulia Italy he said on XThe leaders reviewed bilateral relationship and exchanged views on situation in Ukraine PM conveyed that India continues to encourage peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy he saidExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra were part of Modis delegation at the talksIt is learnt that Zelenskyy briefed Modi on various aspects of the conflictThe Ukranian readout said the two leaders discussed the development of bilateral relations and the possibility of exchanging experience in the use of new technologies in agricultureThe president spoke about the functioning of the Black Sea transport corridor which makes it possible to increase exports of sunflower oil to India and turnover of other categories of goods it saidIt said Zelenskyy informed Modi on the preparations to the Global Peace Summit and thanked the prime minister of India for the expected presence of the highlevel delegation at the event The leaders discussed the agenda of the SummitModi had met Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the previous G7 summit in Hiroshima in May last year as wellIndia has been maintaining that the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacyThe meeting between Modi and Zelenskyy came ahead of the Swiss Peace SummitIndia on Wednesday said it will participate in the upcoming peace summit on the Ukraine conflict at an appropriate levelThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever