Vladimir Putin to visit India to attend India-Russia Summit
This will be the first face to face meeting between the two leaders after their meeting at the sidelines of BRICS Summit in Brasilia in November 2019.
Mr. Bagchi informed that the First India-Russia 22 Dialogue will be held in New Delhi on 6th of next month. He said, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar will represent the Indian side in the Dialogue and the Russian side will be represented by Foreign Minister Sargei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Spokesman said, the 22 Dialogue is being held pursuing to the agreement reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their telephonic conversation on 28th of April this year. He said, the agenda for the dialogue will cover political and defence issues of mutual interest. Also the establishment of the new mechanism of 22 Dialogue is expected to further strengthen strategic partnership between the two countries.