Modi, Putin hold talks in New Delhi on trade, defence
The leaders aim to lift annual trade to $100 billion by 2030 while discussing defence upgrades, energy ties and the Ukraine conflict.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held wide-ranging bilateral talks in New Delhi, pledging to deepen their 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' across defence, energy, and trade cooperation.
- Hosting the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam this weekend, India guides the 11-member bloc under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability' amid global economic uncertainty.
- Modi and Putin targeted raising annual bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030; Modi gifted Putin a Russian-language translation of the Thirukkural, the ancient Tamil literary classic, symbolizing cultural ties.
- Security measures intensified as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived for the summit, with Delhi police deploying approximately 15,000 personnel across the capital.
- India seeks to position the bloc as an effective anchor to navigate a fragmented geopolitical environment, with summit discussions emphasizing collective resilience in supply chains, energy, and healthcare.
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At the summit of New Delhi the Russian president calls to gather the powers of the Brics and seeks new economic agreements. Yesterday the meeting with Modi, today sees Xi Jinping
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to deepen their countries’ longstanding ties, with Putin saying the BRICS grouping should build a new platform for global growth free from Western rules. Modi and Putin held talks in the Indian capital on the eve of a BRICS summit, which Chinese […]
Narendra Modi opened this Friday the BRICS summit in India with a meeting with Vladimir Putin. The two leaders arrived together in the same car, a Russian-made armored limousine Aurus Senat, to the Bharat Mandapam convention room in New Delhi, where their meeting was planned. The trip in the same vehicle reflected the political alignment and deep mutual trust between the two leaders. To symbolize friendship with Moscow, Modi gave his guest a cop…
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