Putin and Modi expressed satisfaction with the excessive stage of bilateral cooperation.

MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday mentioned prospects for sensible cooperation in mutual funding, vitality, agriculture, transport and logistics in a cellphone dialog, the Kremlin mentioned.

Putin and Modi expressed “satisfaction with the high level of bilateral cooperation that has been developing on the basis of the Russian-Indian privileged strategic partnership,” the Kremlin mentioned in a press release.

They additionally famous the significance of sustaining shut coordination on worldwide platforms, together with the Group of Twenty and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

At Modi’s request, Putin briefed him on Russia’s coverage relating to Ukraine.

Modi reiterated his name for dialogue and diplomacy as the one manner ahead relating to the Ukraine disaster, in line with a press release on his official web site.  ■