Russia’s President Vladimir Putin invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia subsequent yr.
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia subsequent yr as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called on the Russian leader at the Kremlin.
“We will be glad to see our friend, Mr. Prime Minister Modi in Russia,” Mr. Putin advised EAM Jaishankar.
Mr. Jaishankar, who’s right here on a five-day official visit to Russia, earlier met together with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
During a joint media look together with Mr. Lavrov after their talks, Mr. Jaishankar mentioned he was assured that Prime Minister Modi and President Putin will meet for an annual summit subsequent yr. In his opening remarks earlier, Jaishankar mentioned that the 2 leaders have been in frequent contact.
The summit between the Prime Minister of India and the Russian President is the very best institutional dialogue mechanism within the strategic partnership between the 2 sides.
“Honoured to call on President Vladimir Putin this evening. Conveyed the warm greetings of PM @narendramodi and handed over a personal message. Apprised President Putin of my discussions with Ministers Manturov and Lavrov. Appreciated his guidance on the further developments of our ties,” Mr. Jaishankar mentioned in his publish on X.
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So far, 21 annual summits have taken place alternatively in India and Russia. The final summit passed off in New Delhi in December 2021.
Mr. Putin additionally mentioned that the commerce turnover between Russia and India is rising, significantly on account of crude oil and excessive expertise areas.
“Our trade turnover is growing, for the second year in a row at the same time and at a steady pace. The growth rate this year is even higher than in the last year,” he mentioned.
On Tuesday, Mr. Jaishankar held a “comprehensive and productive” assembly with Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov on the bilateral financial cooperation throughout which they witnessed the signing of some “very important” agreements associated to the development of the longer term power-generating models of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
The ties between India and Russia remained strong however Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been sustaining that the disaster have to be resolved by means of diplomacy and dialogue.
India’s import of Russian crude oil has gone up considerably regardless of growing disquiet over it in lots of Western international locations.