Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on 4-5 October for the 19th India-Russia annual bilateral summit, it was officially announced here on Friday.
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russia President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2018. (Photo: MEA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on 4-5 October for the 19th India-Russia annual bilateral summit, it was officially announced here on Friday.
Putin is scheduled to hold the summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 October. He will also meet President Ram Nath Kovind and other Indian leaders.
A number of agreements are expected to be signed between the two countries following the summit.
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The two countries are also looking at the possibility of inking the much-anticipated S-400 Triumph missile defence system deal which could attract punitive action by the US under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
India has already told the US to keep in mind the historic nature of India-Russia defence partnership and keep the missile deal out of the sanctions’ regime.
The agenda of talks between Modi and Putin includes key aspects of special privileged partnership between their two countries.
The two leaders are expected to review global developments, including the situation in Afghanistan and Syria, and implications of the US decision to pull out of the Iranian nuclear deal.
They will also take stock of bilateral ties especially against the backdrop of the growing impression that Russia was reaching out to Pakistan, much to the discomfort of India.
Apart from participating in the summit, the two leaders will also attend a meeting of the India-Russia business forum.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had recently visited Moscow to prepare the ground for Putin’s visit to India. The last India-Russia summit was held in June 2017 when Modi visited St Petersburg.
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