Putin to journey to India in December, the Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to journey to India in December, the Kremlin mentioned Friday.

Putin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov informed reporters that the Russian chief will talk about his upcoming December go to with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in China, the place the 2 will meet on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The group was established by China and Russia in 2001 with a deal with safety in Central Asia and the broader area.

Putin is attending the summit and holding a number of bilateral conferences on the sidelines as a part of a four-day go to to China on Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. He additionally will maintain in depth talks with Chinese chief Xi Jinping in Beijing and attend a large military parade there commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the tip of World War, in accordance with the Kremlin.

In addition assembly with Modi, the Russian chief on Monday can be scheduled to have bilateral conferences with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in addition to different contacts, Ushakov mentioned.

According to Ushakov, Putin’s assembly with Modi would be the first this yr, however the two “have repeatedly maintained contact by telephone.”

Modi travelled to Russia final yr twice — first to Moscow for talks with Putin in July, his first journey to Russia because the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Kremlin’s forces in 2022, after which to Kazan in October for the summit of the BRICS bloc of growing economies.

Russia had strong ties with India during the Cold War, and New Delhi’s significance as a key buying and selling companion with Moscow has grown because the battle in Ukraine.

Modi has averted condemning Russia whereas emphasizing a peaceable settlement. Their partnership has turn out to be extra sophisticated, nonetheless, as Russia has moved nearer to China amid worldwide isolation of Moscow over Ukraine.

China and India are key consumers of Russian oil following sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies that shut most Western markets off to Russian exports.