Ukraine’s First Deputy Overseas Minister Emine Dzhaparova has conveyed to her Indian interlocutors Kyiv’s need to construct a stronger and nearer relationship with New Delhi.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Dzhaparova handed over the letter to Minister of State for Exterior Affairs and Tradition Meenakshi Lekhi throughout a gathering on Tuesday.

The MEA mentioned the following spherical of overseas workplace consultations between the 2 sides will probably be held in Kyiv on a mutually handy date.

The First Deputy Overseas Minister of Ukraine wrapped up her three-day go to to India on Wednesday. It was the primary go to from Ukraine to India since Russia started its invasion of the east European nation on February 24, final 12 months.

The MEA mentioned Ukraine requested extra humanitarian provides, together with medicines and medical gear.

In her assembly with Secretary of State Sanjay Verma, the Ukrainian deputy overseas minister additionally proposed that rebuilding infrastructure in Ukraine could possibly be a possibility for Indian firms.

“Dzhaparova, throughout her go to, highlighted Ukraine’s need to construct a stronger and nearer relationship with India,” the MEA mentioned in a press release.

It mentioned Dzhaparova’s go to to India would facilitate cooperation between the 2 international locations.

“In addition to holding dialogue on a variety of bilateral and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity, she handed over a letter from President Zelenskyy, addressed to Prime Minister Modi,” the MEA mentioned on the Lekhi-Dzhaparova assembly.

On talks between Verma and Dzhaparova, the MEA mentioned the bilateral agenda included spheres similar to economics, defence, humanitarian help, and world problems with mutual curiosity.

“She briefed the Secretary (West) in regards to the prevailing state of affairs in Ukraine. The 2 sides agreed to carry the following spherical of Overseas Workplace Consultations in Kyiv on a mutually handy date,” it mentioned.

The MEA mentioned Verma shared that India has supplied medicines, medical gear, and would supply college buses, and so forth. to Ukraine.

The MEA mentioned the following assembly of the intergovernmental fee between the 2 sides could be held in India.

“On the difficulty of Indian medical college students, the deputy overseas minister talked about that Ukraine will enable overseas medical college students to take the Unified State Qualification Examination of their nation of domicile,” the MEA mentioned.

Because the Ukraine battle started in February final 12 months, Prime Minister Modi has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in addition to Ukrainian chief Zelenskyy quite a lot of instances.

In a cellphone dialog with President Zelenskyy on October 4 of final 12 months, Modi mentioned that there might be “no army resolution” and that India is able to contribute to any peace efforts.

India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and it has been sustaining that the disaster have to be resolved by way of diplomacy and dialogue.