Ukraine minister to raise country’s participation in G20 during India visit
Hindustan TimesUkrainian minister Emine Dzhaparova is expected to make a push for India to do more in its G20 presidency to end the Ukraine crisis during her trip to New Delhi next week, the first such visit since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Besides her official engagements, Dzhaparova will deliver a talk on the theme “Russia’s war in Ukraine: Why the world should care” at the Indian Council of World Affairs, a think tank under the external affairs ministry, and participate in a closed-door discussion with members of India’s strategic community at another think tank on April 11. The people cited above said that during her meetings in New Delhi, Dzhaparova is expected to take up the issue of Ukraine’s participation in meetings within the G20 framework and the possibility of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September, just as he had done during last year’s summit in Bali. Dzhaparova is also expected to lobby for India’s backing for Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace plan, which the Ukrainian president unveiled during his virtual address to last year’s G20 Summit, the people said. According to an Indian government statement at the time, PM Modi “conveyed India’s support for any peace efforts” and assured Zelenskyy of India’s commitment to continue providing humanitarian aid to the affected civilian population.