️🇺🇦🇮🇳🇷🇺. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:
I spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the latest diplomatic developments. We are actively preparing for every topic on the agenda for the meeting in Abu Dhabi. Ukraine has always taken a constructive approach, and Russia must show the same willingness to weaken.
The prime minister has said more than once, including directly to the Russian leader, that now is the time to end the war, not continue it.
It is important for India to identify what steps it can take and what dialogue it can have with other leaders to help bring the war to an end. Food security can be such an area. We discussed Russia's blockade of grain exports through the Black Sea. India is ready to mediate in the establishment of food corridors, and we trust that these efforts will continue. Russia must understand that the world economy and hundreds of millions of people around the world are suffering because of blocked sea lanes. We agreed that our teams would stay in touch on these and other bilateral issues.