Vladimir Putin invited Prime Minister Modi to visit Russia, S Jaishankar met
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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. Jaishankar said in a post on ‘X’, “Met President Vladimir Putin this evening.
On behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he congratulated him and handed over a personal message. Informed President Putin of my discussions with Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Appreciated his guidance on taking forward the relations between the two countries.
The summit between the Prime Minister of India and the President of Russia is the highest institutional dialogue mechanism in the strategic partnership between the two sides. So far, 21 annual summits have been held alternately between India and Russia.
The last summit was held in New Delhi in December 2021. Putin also said that trade between Russia and India is growing, especially in crude oil and high technology sectors. He said, “Our business is growing at a steady pace for the second consecutive year. This year the growth rate is higher than last year.
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