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PM Modi's Ukraine visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ukraine on Friday amid the two-and-a-half-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. He left Poland on Thursday night. After a 10-hour train journey, Modi reached Kiev at 10 am Indian time. He will stay here for 7 hours. Ukrainian President Zelensky had invited PM Modi to visit Ukraine a few months ago. Earlier, Modi and Zelensky met for the first time after the war in May 2023 during the G-7 summit in Japan.
Prime Minister Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Ukraine. Ukraine was established in 1991 after the breakup of the Soviet Union. No Indian Prime Minister has visited Ukraine since then. This visit of Prime Minister Modi is also special because since the Russian attack on 24 February 2022, no leader of any country other than NATO countries has visited Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi will meet Ukrainian President Zelensky at the Mariinsky Palace. Meanwhile, there will be a bilateral meeting between the two leaders. The Mariinsky Palace has been decorated with the flags of India and Ukraine to welcome Modi.
Will pay tribute to the children killed in Ukraine
PM Modi was welcomed by the Indian community in Kiev. He will also visit the National Museum of Ukraine. Where tribute will be paid to the children who died in the war against Russia after February, 2022. According to media reports, he will pay tribute to the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the AV Fomin Botanical Garden of Ukraine. This statue was installed in 2020 on the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Will Modi's visit have an impact?
European Union Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric has expressed hope that Prime Minister Modi's visit to Ukraine will prove helpful in bringing peace. Dujarric said that in the last few years, leaders of many big countries have visited Kiev. We hope that the impact of Modi's visit will be seen. Which can prove helpful in establishing peace between Russia and Ukraine.