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		</div><p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived on Friday in Kyiv where he will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.</p>
<p>Officials in India and Ukraine say the visit will focus on boosting economic ties and co-operation in defence, science and technology, although analysts believe it could also be an attempt to have India strike a more neutral stance after what has been seen as a lean towards Russia.</p>
<p>Ukrainian media reported that Mr Modi met representatives of the Indian diaspora after arriving. The crowd gathered around the Indian prime minister cheering “Modi, Modi, Modi”.</p>
<p>“The Indian community accorded a very warm welcome,” he said on the social media platform X.</p>
<p>The chief of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, called the visit “historic” and emphasised Kyiv’s expectation that India could play a role in ending the war between Russia and Ukraine with a “just peace”.</p>
<p>“We respect India as a very big democracy in the world and a powerful country,” Mr Yermak said in an interview with India Today. “But now it’s necessary to say who is the aggressor, who is the victim.”</p>
<p>Before arriving in Ukraine, Mr Modi called for diplomatic efforts to end the war during a visit to Poland on Thursday, pledging India’s support and saying no conflict can be solved on a battlefield.</p>
<p>His arrival came a month and a half after Mr Zelenskyy criticised his visit to Moscow in July, when he met President Vladimir Putin on the day Russian missiles struck across Ukraine, killing scores of people.</p>
<p>Mr Zelensky described that meeting as a “huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts”. He also criticised Mr Modi for hugging Mr Putin during their meeting.</p>
<p>India has avoided condemning Russia’s invasion and instead has urged Moscow and Kyiv to resolve the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.</p>
<p>Mr Modi’s visit is the first by an Indian premier to Ukraine since the two countries established diplomatic relations more than 30 years ago.</p>
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