2024-03-30 23:10:02
Kyiv: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who is visiting India, has given a big statement on the return of Indian students at the beginning of the war. He has said that due to the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Russia-Ukraine war was stopped for some time. This statement of Kuleba has come when many opposition parties in India had raised questions on one such advertisement of BJP. In that advertisement it was claimed that the Russia-Ukraine war was stopped at the behest of PM Modi. Kuleba had held bilateral meetings with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during his visit to India. It is believed that Kulebarus has reached New Delhi with the proposal of India’s mediation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
what did kuleba say
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with India Today that we were successful in arranging special corridors and special types of windows (ceasefire) for the movement of foreign students. I and everyone was involved in it, from top leaders (Prime Ministers of various countries), Prime Minister of India and my President to the border guards. The soldiers were actually letting people go.
Ukraine wants India’s mediation
A few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory in the Russian presidential elections. On the same day, PM Modi also spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. PM Modi has emphasized on dialogue and diplomacy instead of war at every opportunity. Ukraine knows that if any country can honestly put pressure on Russia for a ceasefire, it is India. Ukraine and its fellow Western countries do not trust China. At the same time, both Western countries and Russia have confidence in India. In such a situation, if India tries, there can be peace in Eastern Europe.
How is India’s relations with Ukraine?
Ukraine is a former Soviet country. In such a situation, since the establishment of Ukraine, it did not have any special relations with India. The main reason for this is also Russia. India has not given as much importance to any other Soviet country as to Russia. Meanwhile, Ukraine also became close to India’s arch enemy Pakistan. Pakistan has purchased tanks from Ukraine. Apart from this, there is an old agreement between the two countries regarding aircraft and ship engines. These defense ties also distanced India from Ukraine. But, in recent times, India’s relations with Ukraine have improved significantly. During the G7 meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also met PM Modi in Japan.