India will do “everything” necessary to resolve the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Mr. Modi expressed anguish at the devastation caused by the war and conveyed his personal desire to end the hostilities, during the interaction which was his first with Mr. Zelensky since the war began in February 2022.
“You know much more than any of us the pain of war but I could very well understand your pain and the pain of the Ukrainian people when our children narrated the circumstances in your country after they were brought back last year. I want to assure you that India — and personally myself — will certainly do everything that is necessary to resolve this crisis,” Mr. Modi said in his interaction with Mr. Zelensky. The PM was accompanied by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, while the Ukrainian President was accompanied by his security and foreign affairs team, including Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President.
