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New Delhi (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he discussed restoring peace and stability in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelensky, ahead of a key meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China.
Modi, who arrived in the Chinese port city of Tianjin earlier on Saturday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, also said he extended India's "full support" during his telephone call with Zelensky.
"We exchanged views on the ongoing conflict, its humanitarian aspect, and efforts to restore peace and stability," Modi said in a social media post.
"India extends full support to all efforts in this direction," he added.
Modi is set to meet Putin on Monday on the sidelines of the summit which would be attended by leaders from more than 20 countries.
Zelensky, on his part, said he held "productive and important conversation" with Modi during which he reaffirmed Ukraine's readiness for a meeting with Putin.
"India is ready to make the necessary efforts and to deliver the appropriate signal to Russia and other leaders during the meetings on the sidelines of the summit," he said in a post on X.
Despite a recent flurry of international efforts to broker a truce, efforts to end the war appear to have lost steam, with Moscow playing down the likelihood of a Putin-Zelensky summit.
