India ready to mediate in establishing food corridors: Zelensky after phone call with PM Modi

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussing with him the diplomatic process and steps that could bring the end of the war in the region closer the Ukrainian Presidents office said on Monday eveningThe Head of State spoke about the situation in diplomacy Ukraine is actively preparing for each of the issues on the agenda of the meeting in Abu Dhabi The President emphasised that Ukraine always has a constructive approach and the same willingness to deescalate from Russia is needed read the statement issued by Zelenskys office following the phone callThe Prime Minister has repeatedly said including to the Russian leader that now is the time to end the war not continue it It is important that India finds what steps it can take and dialogue with other leaders to help bring the end of the war closer Zelensky noted the statement addedOne such area the Ukrainian leader mentioned could be food security as the leaders discussed blockage of grain exports in the Black SeaIndia the statement mentioned is ready to mediate in establishing food corridors and Ukraine looks forward to continued efforts in this directionRussia must understand that its economy and hundreds of millions of people in different countries suffer from blocked sea routes President Zelensky emphasised as both leaders agreed that their teams would be in touch on these and other bilateral issuesDuring the phone call Prime Minister Modi once again conveyed Indias readiness to contribute to all efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict in the regionAccording to the Prime Ministers Office PMO Zelensky shared his perspective on recent developments related to the ongoing conflict with RussiaPrime Minister reaffirmed Indiarsquos humancentric approach and reiterated Indiarsquos consistent position that the conflict must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy He conveyed Indiarsquos readiness to contribute to all efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict read a statement issued by the PMOThe two leaders also discussed measures to further strengthen IndiaUkraine bilateral cooperation in various sectors for the mutual benefit of the two peoples it addedEarlier this month while speaking to a group of Indian reporters on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministersrsquo Meeting in Atlanta External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar had said India is in discussions with Russia Ukraine and Europe on three aspects of the conflict protecting civilian shipping and seafarers restoring grain exports from the Black Sea and a nonattack on energy and is coordinating the effort with the United StatesldquoWersquove had discussions with Russia Wersquove had discussions with Europe Wersquove had discussions with Ukraine also about three aspects of the current conflict one not to attack civilian shipping and seafarers the second to find a way by which the grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine find a way of restoring that flow because that flow has cut down very sharply in the Black Sea and the third is with regard to energyrdquo he saidHe described the energy element as the hardestldquoNonattack on energy is probably the most complicated piece because it means different things to the different playersrdquo EAM Jaishankar saidldquoInfrastructure itself to some would mean a refinery To some it would mean grids There would be issues relating to ships carrying fuel So we have been trying to see if we can get them together to address these issuesrdquo he saidHe said the grain issue was ldquoa big concern for the global south because much of the purchasers of that grain are basically global south countriesrdquo EAM Jaishankar outlined Indiarsquos contacts with both sides at the highest levelsldquoPrime Minister himself had you know discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Delhi and before that in Bishkek I had gone earlier to Moscow and we continue even today I discussed it with Russian Foreign Minister Mr Lavrov and then in between I had gone to Kyiv And we are in touch with the Ukrainian siderdquo he saidIndia was also keeping Washington in the loop he said We have also been coordinating this with the Americans because they have their own peace mediation initiative So Secretary Rubio knows roughly what is going on hererdquo EAM Jaishankar saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever