Overseas Minister S Jaishankar meets Vladimir Putin on the Kremlin on Wednesday
New Delhi:
Overseas Minister S Jaishankar met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Kremlin on Wednesday and held talks over a variety of points, together with the battle in Ukraine.
Mr Putin invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to go to Russia subsequent 12 months.
“We might be glad to see our pal, Mr Prime Minister Modi, in Russia,” Mr Putin instructed Mr Jaishankar, who’s on a five-day official go to to the nation.
Mr Jaishankar additionally met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov earlier on Wednesday.
The Russian President stated he is aware of PM Modi is keen to do his outmost to resolve the Ukraine disaster peacefully. Mr Putin stated Russia is keen to share info with India on how the Ukraine disaster could be resolved peacefully.
“Many occasions I suggested him (PM Modi) on how issues are going there (Ukraine) and I do know he’s keen to do his utmost in order that the difficulty is resolved by peaceable means. So we are going to delve into that deeper now and we are going to give extra info to you,” Mr Putin stated throughout the assembly with Mr Jaishankar.
Honoured to name on President Vladimir Putin this night. Conveyed the nice and cozy greetings of PM @narendramodi and handed over a private message.
Apprised President Putin of my discussions with Ministers Manturov and Lavrov. Appreciated his steering on the additional developments of… pic.twitter.com/iuC944fYHq
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 27, 2023
Throughout a joint media look together with Mr Lavrov after their talks, Mr Jaishankar stated he was assured that PM Modi and Mr Putin would meet for an annual summit subsequent 12 months. In his opening remarks earlier, Mr Jaishankar stated that the 2 leaders have been in frequent contact.
The summit between PM Modi and Mr Putin is the best institutional dialogue mechanism within the strategic partnership between the 2 sides. To this point, 21 annual summits have taken place alternatively in India and Russia. The final summit passed off in Delhi in December 2021.
Mr Putin stated the commerce turnover between Russia and India is rising, notably on account of crude oil and excessive know-how areas.
“Our commerce turnover is rising, for the second 12 months in a row on the similar time and at a gentle tempo. The expansion price this 12 months is even increased than within the final 12 months,” the Russian President stated.
On Tuesday, Mr Jaishankar held a “complete and productive” assembly with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov on the bilateral financial cooperation throughout which they noticed the signing of some “crucial” agreements associated to the development of future power-generating models of the Kudankulam nuclear energy plant in Tamil Nadu.
The ties between India and Russia remained sturdy however Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been sustaining that the disaster should be resolved by means of diplomacy and dialogue.
India’s import of Russian crude oil has gone up considerably regardless of rising disquiet over it in lots of Western international locations.
With inputs from PTI
