Ukraine's President Zelenskiy sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula

 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula" in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The conversation comes at a time when India, which has not explicitly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is seeking to strengthen trade relations with Moscow while Western nations introduce new measures to limit Russia's funding of the war.

"I had a phone call with PM Narendra Modi and wished a successful G20 presidency," Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter. "It was on this platform that I announced the peace formula and now I count on India's participation in its implementation."

Zelenskiy asked the Group of 20 major economies last month to adopt Ukraine's 10-point peace formula and to end the war.

India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment seeking details of the phone call between Modi and Zelenskiy.