‘It is a huge disappointment’: Zelensky on PM Modi’s Russia visit
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia, calling it a setback for peace efforts that took place on the same day Russia launched a deadly missile attack.
“On such a day, it is a great disappointment and a catastrophic setback for peace efforts that the head of the biggest democracy in the world met with the world’s most violent criminal in Moscow.” “Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X. Images from the missile attack that killed scores of people at a children’s hospital in Kiev were posted.
Zelensky’s remarks came on the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow, a visit that reaffirms the long-standing ties between the two countries but has raised concerns of the US, which has sought to isolate Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin for a private dinner after arriving in the Russian capital on Monday, the External Affairs Ministry said. Modi was met at the Moscow airport by Denis Manturov, the first deputy prime minister of Russia. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters on Monday that Washington has already expressed its concerns about India’s relations with Russia.
