Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday held bilateral talks in Japan, in their first in-person meeting after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year. The meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima came a day after leaders of the powerful grouping unveiled new sanctions on Moscow for continuing its war in Ukraine. PM Modi also met other leaders of the world during his visit to Japan. Pics/PMO's official Twitter account
Updated On: 2023-05-20 05:47 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a productive bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed a broad range of issues including cooperation in trade and economic spheres, co-production and manufacturing in the defence sector and civil nuclear cooperation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for building an inclusive food system that focuses on the world's most vulnerable people and pitched for checking the "expansionist mentality" occupying the fertiliser resources. PM Modi also met Pham Minh Chinh and held talks with him in Hiroshima. They discussed different aspects of India-Vietnam friendship, particularly in areas like energy, technology, commerce and defence
PM Modi had a productive meeting with Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. India and the Republic of Korea share a warm friendship and deep rooted cultural linkages. The talks focused on ways to further cement this friendship in key developmental sectors, the PMO said in a statement on Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Saturday held talks focusing on boosting bilateral cooperation in areas of green hydrogen, high technology, semiconductors and digital public infrastructur. Both leaders discussed ways to enhance India-Japan friendship across different sectors including trade, economy and culture, the PMO said on Twitter
The Modi-Zelenskyy meeting took place over a month after Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova visited India. During her visit, Dzhaparova handed over a letter to the Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi. The letter was written to Prime Minister Modi by President Zelenskyy. Since the Ukraine conflict began in February last year, Prime Minister Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy a number of times