Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met Russian President Putin, PM Modi received invitation to visit Russia

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. During the meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that we know the position of Prime Minister Modi and have talked about it more than once. I’m talking about their situation, hot spots, their attitude towards complex processes, including the situation in Ukraine. I have repeatedly informed him about the situation surrounding this conflict. I am aware of their effort to solve this problem through peaceful means.

S Jaishankar said Prime Minister Modi looks forward to visiting Russia next year, and I am sure we will find a date that is mutually convenient to the political calendars of both countries. So it’s definitely something he’s looking forward to. I would like you to highlight the progress made in trade, which is more than $50 billion. We believe this is something whose potential is now beginning to be seen. We must give it a more sustainable character, and we discussed how we should do that.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia next year. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Putin at Russia’s Rashtrapati Bhavan ‘Kremlin’. Putin told Jaishankar, “We will be happy to see our friend Prime Minister Modi in Russia.” Jaishankar, who is here on a five-day official visit to Russia, earlier met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Addressing a joint press conference after his talks with Lavrov, Jaishankar said he was confident that Prime Minister Modi and President Putin would meet at the annual summit next year. Earlier in his opening remarks, Jaishankar said that the two leaders have been in constant touch.