Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi shared, “Had a good conversation with President Putin. We discussed various positive developments in our Special & Privileged Strategic Partnership…”
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Both the leaders reviewed progress on a number of issues of bilateral cooperation in follow-up to recent high-level exchanges between the two countries. They positively assessed the developments in bilateral relations and agreed to develop a roadmap for future initiatives to further strengthen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.
Further, the two leaders exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest. PM Modi also conveyed his best wishes for Russia’s Presidency of BRICS in 2024 and assured of India’s full support.
India has longstanding and wide-ranging cooperation with Russia. India-Russia ties have acquired a qualitatively new character with enhanced levels of cooperation in almost all areas of the bilateral relationship including political, security, trade and economy, defence, science and technology, and culture. 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.