European Council President Charles Michel spoke to PM Modi while condoling the death of an Indian student in Kharkiv.
European Council President Charles Michel (left) condoles the death of an Indian student in Kharkiv, speaking to PM Modi (right). (Photo: ANI/FILE)
European Council President Charles Michel spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and expressed his condolences over the death of an Indian student in Ukraine’s Kharkiv city.
Michel said that European countries are Wholeheartedly helping to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine, saying that the world must unite in defense of international law. In the first Indian casualty in the war in Ukraine, medical students from Karnataka’s Haveri district were killed in heavy shelling in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv.
Naveen Shekharappa Gyangoudar, a native of Chalgeri, He was studying in a medical college in Ukraine.
“I express my condolences to @PMOIndia for the death of an Indian student due to indiscriminate Russian attacks against innocent civilians in #Kharkiv today,” he said on Twitter.
The EU official said the attacks on Ukraine were aimed at “destroying multilateralism and causing pain and suffering”.
“The world must unite in defense of international law,” he said. The US Embassy in New Delhi also said that it was deeply saddened by the death of the Indian student.
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“Deeply saddened by the death of an Indian student today in Kharkiv, Ukraine. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and the Indian people,” said Charge d’affairs Patricia A. Lasina.
French envoy Emmanuel Lenin also condoled the death of the Indian student and said that France is preparing a UN Security Council resolution calling for respect for humanitarian law, protection of civilians and free humanitarian access.
He tweeted, “Deeply saddened by this news. My heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones. Given the grave humanitarian situation, France has prepared a #UNSC resolution calling for respect for humanitarian law, protection of citizens and unhindered humanitarian access. Has been doing.”
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