Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is in New York for a meeting of world officials at the United Nations, held talks with the leaders of Germany, India and Japan on Monday in an attempt to win support for Kiev’s military action, Reuters reported.
“We talked about how to bring a just peace closer,” Zelensky said on his messaging app Telegram after his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “The main thing is to keep unity,” he said.
“We talked about how to bring a just peace closer,” Zelensky said on his Telegram messaging app after his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Zelensky said he also met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Germany has been one of the most significant European supporters of Kiev’s defensive struggle against Russia”.
Following the UN General Assembly sessions, Zelensky will travel to Washington later this week to present his “victory plan” to influence White House policy on the war regardless of who wins the Nov. 5 U.S. election. “We are dynamically developing our relations”, he said in Telegram after the meeting.
Reuters reported earlier this month that artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers were diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi did not intervene to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, India enjoys warm relations with Russia, its main arms supplier for decades, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has refused to join a Western-led sanctions regime against Moscow.
Zelensky also held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over Japan’s energy aid to Kiev.
“Restoring power supply after Russian shelling and preparing for winter are the tasks we are now actively working on,” Zelensky said in a message on messaging app Telegram.
“Together with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, we discussed the situation in the energy sector.”
Japan was one of several countries sending aid, including $4.5 billion this year, according to the Japanese foreign ministry’s website.
