Foreign Minister S Jaishankar meets Vladimir Putin on the Kremlin on Wednesday

New Delhi:

Foreign 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 yr.

“We will be glad to see our friend, 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 data with India on how the Ukraine disaster may be resolved peacefully.

“Many times I advised him (PM Modi) on how things are going there (Ukraine) and I know he is willing to do his utmost so that the issue is resolved by peaceful means. So we will delve into that deeper now and we will give additional information to you,” Mr Putin stated through 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 steerage on the additional developments of… pic.twitter.com/iuC944fYHq

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 27, 2023

During 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 yr. 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 very best institutional dialogue mechanism within the strategic partnership between the 2 sides. So far, 21 annual summits have taken place alternatively in India and Russia. The final summit befell 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 trade turnover is growing, for the second year in a row at the same time and at a steady pace. The growth rate this year is even higher than in the last year,” the Russian President stated.

On Tuesday, Mr Jaishankar held a “comprehensive and productive” assembly with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov on the bilateral financial cooperation throughout which they noticed the signing of some “very important” agreements associated to the development of future power-generating items 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 have to be resolved by way of diplomacy and dialogue.

India’s import of Russian crude oil has gone up considerably regardless of growing disquiet over it in lots of Western nations.

With inputs from PTI