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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets any big leader of the world, he definitely hugs them. During his visit to Russia, he hugged Vladimir Putin. Now he has also hugged President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Ukraine. When a foreign journalist questioned his style, Foreign Minister Jaishankar gave a shocking answer.
Hugging is part of our culture
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shook hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his meeting with him here and immediately embraced him warmly. On this, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said that hugging is a part of our culture.
Hug Putin like this
Barely six weeks before hugging the top leader of the war-torn country, Modi had similarly hugged Ukraine's arch-enemy Russian President Vladimir Putin. During a media interaction after the Modi-Zelensky talks, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was asked a question about the 'hug'. The question was aimed at eliciting Modi's reaction to his first meeting with Putin and now his relationship with Zelensky.
Jaishankar gave this answer
In our part of the world it may not be part of your culture to hug each other when people meet but let me tell you,” Jaishankar said in response to a specific question from a Western journalist. “I can assure you it is part of our culture. In fact today I think, I saw Prime Minister Modi also hugging President Zelenskyy.
The journalist said in his question that a few weeks ago Modi had hugged Putin in a similar way. Jaishankar said, 'I have seen him do this with other leaders in many other places. So I think, we have some cultural differences in terms of the meaning of this courtesy.'