New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Kiev on Friday morning on his visit to Ukraine, has once again given a message of peace to the warring Russia and Ukraine. Modi, who reached Ukraine exactly six weeks after his visit to Russia, gave a message to the global community that India is not neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war that has been going on for two years. India has always been with peace.

PM Modi calls for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine

During his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Modi also called for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine so that the war could be ended quickly. A joint statement has been issued after the official talks between PM Modi and President Zelensky. In this, India has spoken of respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Also, both the countries have agreed to resume the meeting of the Joint Working Group on military-technical cooperation.

PM Modi called the visit historic

Modi himself called this visit historic. The first reason is that this is the first time an Indian Prime Minister has visited Ukraine since it became an independent country in 1991. Secondly, Modi is the first global leader who has visited Ukraine along with Russia in a span of just a few days. He not only held bilateral talks with the presidents of both the countries, but also gave them a message of peace.

PM Modi reached Kiev by train from Poland

PM Modi, who reached Kiev by train from Poland, was given a warm welcome by President Zelensky despite the current tense atmosphere. PM Modi greeted him by hugging him in his special style. Both the leaders visited the museum built in memory of children killed in the war. PM Modi also became emotional after watching the film shown there.

In his press statement about this, he said- 'I have seen the museum built in the memory of children with you. My heart is full. My heart is deeply hurt. Now I feel that the first victim of war is human being and in that too children become the first victims. This is very painful. Such incidents cannot be accepted in any civilized society.'

The first meeting of the two leaders took place in 2021

Saturday (24 August) is the National Day of Ukraine, on which Modi greeted the President of Ukraine and the people there on behalf of 140 crore Indians. PM Modi's first meeting with Zelensky took place in November 2021 and it was then that he received an invitation to visit Ukraine.

There has been a war going on between Russia and Ukraine since February 2022. Modi said that I could not have imagined then that I would have to visit Ukraine in such a situation, but despite the current tense atmosphere, there is progress in the relations between the two countries which shows that we are working on the relations with maturity.

President Zelensky got an invitation to visit India

Modi also invited President Zelensky to visit India and said that in this hour of crisis, India has tried to help as much as it could. I assure you that whatever help Ukraine needs from a humanitarian point of view, India will stand with you and go two steps ahead.

We have stayed away from the war, but that does not mean that we have remained neutral. We have been a party from the very first day and our side is for peace. He said that India is ready to help in every possible way for peace. I will also make personal efforts for this.