Ajit Doval, Reportedly Carrying Ukraine Peace Plan, Meets Vladimir Putin

NSA Doval’s visit to Russia comes over two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Ukraine. In his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, PM Modi said both Ukraine and Russia should sit together without wasting time to end the ongoing war and that India was ready to play an “active role” to restore peace in the region.

Sources had said that Mr Doval’s visit to Russia would be aimed at resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He was carrying PM Modi’s peace plan for President Putin, sources said.

In the talks, the Russian leader expressed hopes that PM Modi will travel to Russia’s Kazan next month to attend the annual BRICS summit

Mr Putin also proposed to hold a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on October 22 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit to summarise the outcomes of joint work on the implementation of the agreements reached during his visit to Moscow and to outline prospects for the near future, the Russian Embassy said in a statement released on Telegram.

“We are waiting for our good friend Modi and best regards to him,” the Russian media quoted Putin as saying in the meeting.