"Need India To Restore Just And Lasting Peace In Ukraine": Foreign Minister

Dmytro Kuleba said a planned peace summit in Switzerland will be one of the key focus areas of his conversations with S Jaishankar.

As the war with Russia rages on, Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has said India has an important global voice and can not only use it to influence the way Moscow behaves but also help other nations join an initiative for peace.

In an expansive interview with NDTV on Thursday during his first visit to the country, the Ukrainian leader also spoke about the need for India to get a seat on the United Nations Security Council, the evolving India-Russia and India-Ukraine relationship, a planned peace summit in Switzerland, and Holi being celebrated on the streets of Kharkiv. 

Mr Kuleba, who is in India on a two-day visit at the invitation of Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, said it didn't take him any time to agree to come. "This is because India is a very important player in the world and we need India to restore just and lasting peace in Ukraine," he said.