Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on December 4-5 at the invitation of Indian PM Narendra Modi, officials said on Friday.
Putin will visit India to attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.
Sharing details about the meeting, Indian Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement: “During the visit, President Putin will hold talks with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Rashtrapatiji will also receive President Putin and host a banquet in his honour.”
“The forthcoming State Visit will provide an opportunity for the leadership of India and Russia to review progress in bilateral relations, set the vision for strengthening the ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’ and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual interest,” the Ministry said.
In September, Modi met Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China.
As per the Indian Embassy in Russiaa’s website, Moscow shares a longstanding and time-tested partnership with India.
“The development of India-Russia relations has been a key pillar of India’s foreign policy,” the Indian Embassy in Russia said in a statement.
Since the signing of the “Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership” in October 2000 (during the visit of President Putin), India-Russia ties have acquired a qualitatively new character with enhanced levels of cooperation in almost all areas, including political, security, defence, trade and economy, science and technology, culture, and people-to-people ties.
During the visit of the Russian President to India in December 2010, the Strategic Partnership was elevated to the level of “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.”
Under the Strategic Partnership, several institutionalized dialogue mechanisms operate at both political and official levels to ensure regular interaction and follow-up on cooperation activities.
The India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission (IRIGC) has two divisions – the Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) co-chaired by the External Affairs Minister (EAM) from India and First Deputy Prime Minister (First DPM) Denis Manturov from Russia; and the Military & Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) headed by the Defence Ministers of the two countries.
In December 2021, a new dimension to the bilateral cooperation was added with the first 2+2 Dialogue (Foreign and Defence Ministers of both countries) taking place alongside the Summit-level talks between Prime Minister Modi and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
