India, Nov. 9 -- India is ready to contribute to all efforts aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a phone call on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who proposed New Delhi can take the lead in ensuring uninterrupted food supplies through the Black Sea.

Hours after the phone conversation between the two leaders, external affairs minister S Jaishankar also dialled his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to speak about the conflict and "ongoing diplomatic initiatives".

The Modi-Zelensky phone call came a day ahead of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine being hosted by the US in Abu Dhabi, and more than two months after Jaishankar visited Ukraine and proposed a three-part truce ...