Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has arrived in Jeddah to participate in a summit of national security advisers and other officials being hosted Saudi Arabia today to discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Ajit Doval was welcomed at the Jeddah Airport by Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Suhel Khan and Consul General Mohammed Shahid Alam.



"Shri Ajit Doval, NSA arrived in Jeddah to take part in National Security Advisers' meeting on Ukraine. He was welcomed at Jeddah Airport by Ambassador Dr Suhel Khan and Consul General Mohd Shahid Alam," the Indian Embassy in Riyadh said on Twitter.

Ajit Doval In Jeddah For Saudi Arabia Hosted Ukraine Peace Talks
Ajit Doval was welcomed by Indian Ambassador Suhel Khan and Consul General Mohammed Shahid Alam.




The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed India's participation in the summit.

"India will participate in this event and our participation is in consonance with our long-standing position that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward," said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

"Yes, India has been invited to a meeting being hosted by Saudi Arabia on Ukraine in Jeddah," Bagchi said while replying to a question at a press briefing of the Ministry of External Affairs.

Russia's state-run Tass news agency reported Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov as saying: "Russia will keep an eye on this meeting" but would need "to fully understand what goals are being set."

The Wall Street Journal, on July 29 first reported on the summit citing "diplomats involved in the discussion", and said the talks would take place on August 5 and 6, in the city of Jeddah, with some 30 countries attending.

WSJ also said that Ukrainian and Western officials are hopeful that the efforts could conclude in a peace summit later this year where global leaders would sign up to shared principles for resolving the war.