MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, Putin’s aide said Friday. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the Russian leader will discuss his upcoming December visit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in China. Putin and Modi will meet on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which was established by China and Russia in 2001 with a focus on security in Central Asia and the wider region.

As relations between India and the United States sour, China will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a regional security summit this weekend.

Yury Ushakov noted that it will be the first meeting between both leaders this year, although they have been regularly in touch over the phone

MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, Putin’s aide said Friday. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the…

The talks come with steep US tariffs imposed on India and Putin under threat of sanctions over Ukraine.

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that it would be the first in-person meeting between Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi in 2025

The Russian leader highlighted positive trends in trade and economic cooperation, and hailed tourist exchanges

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In his remarks to open the talks, Modi termed the partnership with Moscow as “special and privileged.”