Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to journey to India in December, the Kremlin mentioned Friday.
Putin’s international affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov instructed reporters that the Russian chief will focus on his upcoming December go to with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in China, the place the 2 will meet on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO). The group was established by China and Russia in 2001 with a give attention to safety in Central Asia and the broader area.
Putin is attending the summit and holding a number of bilateral conferences on the sidelines as a part of a four-day go to to China on Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. He additionally will maintain intensive talks with Chinese language chief Xi Jinping in Beijing and attend a large navy parade there commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the top of World Struggle, based on the Kremlin.
As well as assembly with Modi, the Russian chief on Monday can also be scheduled to have bilateral conferences with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in addition to different contacts, Ushakov mentioned.
In keeping with Ushakov, Putin’s assembly with Modi would be the first this yr, however the two “have repeatedly maintained contact by phone.”
Modi travelled to Russia final yr twice — first to Moscow for talks with Putin in July, his first journey to Russia because the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Kremlin’s forces in 2022, after which to Kazan in October for the summit of the BRICS bloc of growing economies.
Russia had sturdy ties with India through the Chilly Struggle, and New Delhi’s significance as a key buying and selling associate with Moscow has grown because the battle in Ukraine.
Modi has averted condemning Russia whereas emphasizing a peaceable settlement. Their partnership has develop into extra difficult, nevertheless, as Russia has moved nearer to China amid worldwide isolation of Moscow over Ukraine.
China and India are key consumers of Russian oil following sanctions imposed by the US and its allies that shut most Western markets off to Russian exports.
