Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will organize a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin 1.
Foreign Minister Vikram Misri confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will first focus on the SCO plenary meeting before meeting with President Putin.
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“Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will focus on the plenary session of the summit, where he will outline the Indian approach to supporting regional cooperation in the SCO umbrella. After this engagement, he is scheduled for a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin Russia after going to India,” Misri said on Sunday.
The meeting assumes meaning because it comes at a time when India is under the persistent pressure of Trump’s administration to reduce the purchase of Russian oil.
It will be the first personal meeting of Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin after the second US Presidency Trump. Both leaders last met on the edge of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024.
What’s on the program?
While India has not yet passed US tariffs, it has tried to strengthen its friendship with Russia and in recent weeks to recalibrate its ties with China.
Jaishankar of Foreign Minister met his Russian counterpart in Moscow 22 August. Both leaders discussed the maintenance of India-Russian energy cooperation through trade and investment, joint extraction of energy sources, including the Russian Federation, in the Far East and at the Arctic Warehouse, and on the balance of bilateral trade, which is currently in the kindness of Russia.
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According to reports, Modi and Putin can deal with some of these problems during their meeting.
India wants to increase exports to Russia
India wants to increase its exports to Russia in sectors such as medicines, agricultural products and textiles to reduce the business gap. Moscow also asked Moscow to quickly remove non-Tariff barriers and other rules that make Indian goods to enter Russia. Currently, Russia is the fourth largest business partner in India, while India is the second largest Russia.
India and Russia have increased obligations in recent weeks, more after Trump’s tariffs were announced.
Modi and Putin spoke twice by Sincentonald Trump on the phone signed an executive order on August 7 to impose a 25 % punishment for Indian goods that appeared on August 27, for the purchase of Russian oil. While Foreign Minister Jaishankar was 22nd August in Moscow, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval visited Russia in the first week of August
Last month, the news indicated that the new Delhi and Moscow had completed Putin’s visit to India, probably in December, at the annual India-Rusko summit.
Before meeting the Modi-Putina, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelsky also spoke to the Indian Prime Minister.
“We have exchanged opinions on the ongoing conflict, its humanitarian aspect and effort to restore peace and stability. India is expanding full support to all efforts in this respect,” Prime Minister Modi said.
MODI-XI MEET
The Modi-Putin meeting is scheduled for the day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the edge of the SCO leaders. This was their first meeting after the BRICS summit in Russia Kazan in 2024.
PM Narendra Modi later joined the official acceptance of the summit organized by President XI in Tianjin Meijiang International Convention and Exhibition Center. He was warmly welcomed by Xi JinPing and his wife Peng Liyuan before joining other world leaders for group photography symbolizing regional unity.
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Putin also took part in the official reception together with the higher members of his delegation, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, Vice -President of Maxim Oreshkin, Aide Yury Ushakov and presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Tass.
The meeting assumes importance because it comes at a time when India is under the tireless pressure of Trump’s administration to reduce the purchase of Russian oil.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that PM Modi invited Xi Jinping to the BRICS summit that India would host in 2026.
President XI thanked PM Modim for the invitation and offered support to the Chinese Indian Presidency BRICS.
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