Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly declined to serve as a mediator, however
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is willing to relay communications between Kiev and Moscow, but will not try to mediate an end to the conflict, Bloomberg has reported citing sources familiar with the matter.
Modi is expected to visit Ukraine later this week, the first Indian prime minister to do so since Kiev declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. He traveled to Moscow last month, on his first state visit since winning re-election in June.
India has called for dialogue and diplomacy ever since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. Unlike fellow BRICS members Brazil and China, however, it has not put forth a peace plan. Modi has reportedly ruled out a role of mediator in the conflict.
According to the outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda, Modi will only spend “a few hours” in Kiev, for security reasons.