On August 7, 2024, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha received copies of credentials from the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of India to Ukraine Ravi Shankar.

The First Deputy Minister thanked India for supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, regular participation in meetings of national security advisors regarding the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as the presence of an Indian representative at the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.

The parties noted the high level of political dialogue between the two states, in particular the meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in June 2024 and the official visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba to New Delhi in March 2024, and discussed further development of such dialogue.

Ukrainian and Indian diplomats exchanged views on the prospects of bilateral cooperation in the trade-economic, scientific-technical, educational and other spheres of mutual interest.

Andrii Sybiha wished the Ambassador Ravi Shankar success in fulfilling his mission in Ukraine.