Against turbulent geopolitical backdrop, analysts say the significance of Russian President Vladimir Putin travelling to India to meet Narendra Modi has both a major symbolic value of the enduring relationship between the countries and also
.... a powerful global message that neither would be cowed by US pressure.
The summit comes at a critical juncture for both countries. Putin arrives in Delhi after rejecting the latest Ukraine peace proposal proposed by the US, confident that recent advances by Russian forces on the battlefield have strengthened his hand.
Petr Topychkanov, Moscow-based senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said that for Russia, “the importance of this visit lies primarily in the fact that it is happening at all”.
PM Narendra Modi tweets,
"Delighted to welcome my friend, President Putin to India. Looking forward to our interactions later this evening and tomorrow. India-Russia friendship is a time-tested one that has greatly benefitted our people."
PM Modi is hosting a private dinner for Vladimir Putin on Thursday evening, in a reciprocal gesture to the hospitality extended to him the Russian President in Moscow in July 2024.
Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Russian Presidential Executive Office, says :
"President Putin and Prime Minister Modi have set the target of 100 billion USD by 2030. So this is the target we are working on. And we believe that the key source of this and that increase will come from India's export in goods and services going to Russia."
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| 2001 : Vajpayee-led Indian delegation to Russia had Gujarat CM Modi as well |
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweets,
: "Delighted to meet with the Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov in New Delhi.
India-Russia relationship is based on a deep sense of trust, common values and mutual respect, which are the defining principles of the special and privileged strategic partnership, between both countries.
"India is determined for expanding capacity of indigenous defence industry for both local production and exports, under the aegis of ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’. I also laid emphasis on exploring new opportunities for enhancing collaboration between both the counties across niche technologies."
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart co-chair the 22nd India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military & Military Technical Cooperation in New Delhi
Both sides reiterate that India-Russia ties are based on a deep sense of trust, common principles & mutual respect. Rajnath Singh stresses on new opportunities to enhance collaboration across niche technologies
Russian Defence Industry is ready to support India towards becoming self-reliant in defence production, says Andrei Belousov
'Welcome Putin' written with diyas during the Ganga Aarti being performed in Varanasi.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Delhi. President Putin is on a two-day State visit to India. He will hold the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi on December 5.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained on firm footing notwithstanding the fractious geopolitical environment and tensions.
In reflection of the importance India attached to the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at New Delhi's Palam airport with a hug and accorded him a warm welcome to India after a gap of four years.
The two leaders left the airport in the same car, nearly three months after they travelled together in a vehicle in the Chinese city of Tianjin following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
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