Overview
- Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s national security chief, met India’s NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday to review ties and discuss the Russia–Ukraine war.
- In talks with Doval, Umerov delivered a detailed briefing on the frontline and shared his assessment of the security situation.
- Umerov and Jaishankar discussed the state of negotiations and prospects for a just, lasting peace for Ukraine.
- Indian officials reiterated a consistent position that the conflict should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, according to the Foreign Ministry.
- The visit, the second by a senior Ukrainian official after Andrii Sybiha, seeks deeper engagement with India including a proposed Zelenskyy trip, even as New Delhi has not publicly censured Russia.