NE NEWS SERVICE
MOSCOW, JULY 8
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to explore opportunities to boost cooperation in sectors like trade, energy and defence.
Thank the Indian community in Russia for their warm reception. Addressing a programme in Moscow. https://t.co/q3sPCCESbM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 9, 2024
The PM was received by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Denis Maturov. It is Modi’s first trip to Russia in five years.
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Modi, who is on a two-day official visit, is expected to meet Putin in the evening. He will also be attending the community event in Moscow on Tuesday.
The Indian diaspora expressed joy and enthusiasm to welcome Modi as well.
During the 22nd India-Russia annual summit, Modi and Putin are expected to explore ways to further expand bilateral relations in diverse areas, including trade, energy and defence.
“The special and privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia has advanced over the past 10 years, including in areas of energy, security, trade, investment, health, education, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchanges,” Modi said in his departure statement.
“I look forward to reviewing all aspects of bilateral cooperation with my friend President Vladimir Putin and sharing perspectives on various regional and global issues,” he said.
“We seek to play a supportive role for a peaceful and stable region,” he added.
PM Modi said, “Landed in Moscow. Looking forward to further deepening the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between our nations, especially in futuristic areas of cooperation. Stronger ties between our nations will greatly benefit our people.”
This is the 22nd annual summit between India and Russia. The last summit was held in 2021 in New Delhi. President Putin had visited India to attend the summit. Putin, as head of the Russian state, has visited India nine times.
Prime Minister Modi and President Putin last held bilateral talks on the margins of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at Samarkand in Uzbekistan on September 16, 2022.
During the meeting, Modi had pressed Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine saying, “Today’s era is not of war”. India has always maintained that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.
PM should have come to Manipur too, says Congress
Congress general secretary Rajeev Shukla said that while the opposition party does not oppose the Prime Minister’s visit to Russia, they emphasize that he should also visit violence-affected Manipur.
“We don’t object to the PM going to Russia, as his visit was already planned. However, we have consistently urged in Parliament for his visit to Manipur. Why is the North East being neglected? He should visit there,” Shukla said during a press conference in Chandigarh.
