‘Not on a regular basis that he tries…’: Video exhibits Zelenskyy consuming barfi made by Rishi Sunak’s mom

By India Today World Desk: A video exhibiting UK PM Rishi Sunak providing barfi (home made candy) ready by his mom to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making rounds on social media.

Sharing the heartwarming video on his official Instagram deal with, the Indian-origin Prime Minister, wrote, “It’s not every day that @zelenskiy_official tries your mum’s, homemade sweets.”

Recalling the incident, Rishi Sunak stated, “My mum had got some Indian sweets that she wanted to give me that she’d made, called barfi. She couldn’t give me that earlier but later she gave me those at a football match. Oddly enough, I saw President Zelensky on the Monday after that and he and I were chatting and he was hungry. So I actually gave him some of my mum’s barfi which she was very happy to see. She was thrilled by that,” Rishi Sunak stated.

The video was additionally shared by 10 Downing Street’s official YouTube channel.

The netizens had been fast to react to Rishi Sunak’s video and one of many customers wrote, “Oh boy, no matter who u r PM or ordinary man, u don’t go without ur Mum’s home made Barfi. It’s a Asian love.” (sic)

Another Instagram person wrote, “This is the cutest we can all relate to mum’s barfi.”

“This brings back some memories Rishi! I loved it when your mum brought Indian sweets into the pharmacy, they were so yummy,” one other person wrote.

“That’s how India-Ukraine relationship established,” one other person wrote.

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President Zelenskyy just lately visited Britain on his European tour with an goal to safe new weapons for a counteroffensive in opposition to Russia. The two leaders additionally met on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Japan and UK indicated it could begin coaching Ukrainian fighter pilots to fly F-16s inside the subsequent couple of months.

“I am delighted that the G7 has agreed on the importance of giving President Zelenskyy the advanced military equipment needed to win this war and prosper as a free and democratic nation,” Sunak said.

Sunak said Britain would provide Ukraine with air defense missiles and unmanned aerial systems, including new long-range attack drones with a range of more than 200 km.

Rishi Sunak and Dutch leader Mark Rutte have also agreed to build an “international coalition” to assist procure F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine.

In February, Zelenskyy visited London for the primary time for the reason that begin of the warfare, throughout which he attended an viewers with the King and addressed Parliament.

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