It is Mr Zelensky’s first visit to Austria since the start of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A NATO source noted that the United States of America was opposed to inviting Zelenskyy to the summit.
NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte on Thursday said he was optimistic of an end to the war in Ukraine.
British foreign secretary David Lammy has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of sending a “low-level” delegation to peace talks on Ukraine.
Washington has repeatedly urged allies to agree to spend five per cent of gross domestic product on defence at the upcoming NATO summit in June.
The police command in Nasarawa says it has arrested a 21-year-old female suspected arms trafficker in Azuba, Lafia.
Mr Naryshkin said Ukraine must renounce its ambitions to join NATO and give up territories annexed by Moscow if the Ukraine war was to end.
Moscow warned that such a move could lead to a direct clash between Russia and NATO.
Mr Grushko emphasised that NATO’s involvement in peacekeeping operations is fundamentally contradictory.
The suspects are said to have had multiple contacts with “agents of foreign power both in Romania and Russian territory.
