Daily Hindi reported on the 8th that the Ukrainian government plans to ask India for humanitarian aid and equipment to restore energy infrastructure destroyed by the Russian invasion.
The media quoted the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Zafarova of Ukraine, who will arrive in New Delhi on the 9th, plans to convey this position to India.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zaparova, who is visiting India for four days, consults with the Indian side on bilateral relations, the situation in Ukraine, and international issues.
Although India took the chair of the G20 this year, it shows a passive attitude toward Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a long-time friend, and instead focuses on a diplomatic solution by expanding Russian crude oil imports.
A diplomatic source said, “Ukraine has been asking us to provide more medicines, medical equipment, and energy recovery equipment,” and that Deputy Foreign Minister Zaparova will directly urge India to do so.”
Zafarova, the first Ukrainian high-ranking official to visit India since the Russian invasion, is also expected to order a “strong message of peace” to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is visiting New Delhi in July, Hindu predicted.
President Putin will come to India in July to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SOC) summit and return to attend the G20 summit in September.
During her stay in India, Deputy Foreign Minister Zaparova intends to explain President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 10-point peace plan and ask India to add “important measures” favorable to a deal, Hindu added.
Hindu introduced that the Ukrainian side wants to invite President Zelensky to attend the G20 summit and talk with heads of state.
The newspaper observed that Deputy Foreign Minister Zaparova is expected to formally invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Ukraine.
Source: Donga
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