Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday said Ukraine sees India as an important global power ahead of his two-day visit to India which commences on March 28.
“Ukraine sees India as an important global power with a powerful international voice. The aim of this visit is to strengthen the Ukrainian Indian relationship. We are confident that close cooperation will benefit both our nations,” Kuleba said.
“This will be my first visit to the country and the first visit of a Ukrainian foreign minister to India in 7 years,” he further added.
Kuleba is slated to arrive here on Thursday for a two-day official visit during which he will have meetings with his Indian counterpart and others to discuss matters related to the bilateral relationship.
His visit comes at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
During his visit, Kuleba will have “a number of engagements, including official meetings with External Affairs Minister and Deputy NSA to discuss matters pertaining to the bilateral partnership and cooperation on regional and global issues of mutual interest,” the statement said.
He is also expected to interact with the business community.
Kuleba’s visit comes amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 20 had held separate conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and asserted that dialogue and diplomacy were the way forward for the resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Modi had spoken to Putin over a telephone call to congratulate him for winning a fifth term in office in the recent elections, and followed it up with a phone call to Zelenskyy to convey India’s “consistent support” for all efforts for peace and bringing an early end to the ongoing conflict.
(with inputs from PTI)
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