Ukrainian minister to visit India on April 9, likely to seek humanitarian aid

New Delhi (IANS) | Emin Dzhaparova, the country’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be on a four-day official visit to India on Sunday in the first official visit from Ukraine after Russia’s invasion more than a year ago. Zhaparova will be on an official visit to India from April 9-12, during which she is expected to seek humanitarian aid for her home country.

During the visit, she will hold talks with Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, where the two sides are expected to discuss bilateral relations, current situation in Ukraine and exchange views on global issues of mutual interest.

Official sources said she will also meet Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi and Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri.

“India shares warm and friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation with Ukraine. In the last 30 years of establishment of diplomatic relations, bilateral cooperation between the two countries has seen significant progress in the fields of trade, education, culture and defence,” an official statement said. We have made progress. The visit will be an opportunity to further mutual understanding and interests.”

–IANS