Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit India this month as Kyiv seeks allies for its peace initiative, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing to people familiar with the matter.
The Ukranian foreign minister is set to hold wide-ranging talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar besides meeting a number of senior officials as reported by news agency PTI . Kuleba is expected to seek India's support for a peace summit that is being planned in Switzerland within the next couple of months. Kuleba is expected to seek India's support for a peace summit that is being planned in Switzerland within the next couple of months.
Apart from talks with Indian officials, Kuleba is also set to "review the India-Ukraine inter-governmental commission", one of the officials told Bloomberg, referring to a panel charged with keeping up the two nations' economic, cultural and technological ties.
Ukraine has also pitched for New Delhi to help rebuild its war-ravaged economy, inviting investment from Indian companies at a January business summit in India.
Kuleba's visit will come about two weeks after Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukraine president's office, spoke to National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on March 15.
In New Delhi, Kuleba and Jaishankar are expected to co-chair a meeting of the India-Ukraine inter-governmental commission, the people cited above said. In January, Jaishankar and Kuleba held a phone conversation focusing on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and Kyiv's peace formula. In January, Jaishankar and Kuleba held a phone conversation focusing on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and Kyiv's peace formula.
Following the conversation, Kuleba had said that he conveyed to his Indian counterpart the "peace formula" and Ukraine's plan for the 'Global Peace Summit' of leaders. Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put forward a 10-point "peace plan" for ending the conflict that included punishing those responsible for the war crimes, withdrawing all Russian troops from Ukraine and restoring his country's territorial integrity. Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put forward a 10-point "peace plan" for ending the conflict that included punishing those responsible for the war crimes, withdrawing all Russian troops from Ukraine and restoring his country's territorial integrity.
Under the plan, he also called for ensuring energy security, food security and nuclear safety. India has been maintaining that the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. India has been maintaining that the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.
*With Agency Inputs
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