NEW DELHI: India and Russia are exploring ways to deepen their cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China. Modi and Putin were both in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s leaders’ summit, where they underscored their friendly ties by traveling in one car to the meeting’s venue. Modi said on social media they had an “excellent meeting” and discussed “ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in all sectors,” including trade, space, and security.

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…