The 2 have been seen exchanging a handshake in an image shared on X by the Russian Embassy in India
Moscow:
Nationwide Safety Adviser Ajit Doval has met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the moment on the sidelines of the BRICS Nationwide Safety Advisers’ assembly. The 2 have been seen exchanging a handshake in an image shared on X by the Russian Embassy in India.
🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 On September 12, #Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin had a gathering with Ajit Doval, Nationwide Safety Advisor to the Prime Minister of #India, on the Konstantinovsky Palace in #StPetersburg.
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— Russia in India 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbIndia) September 12, 2024
NSA Doval’s go to to Russia comes two-and-a-half weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic go to to Ukraine. In his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, PM Modi stated each Ukraine and Russia ought to sit collectively to finish the continuing warfare and that India was able to play an “energetic function” to revive peace within the area.
Sources had stated that Mr Doval’s go to to Russia can be aimed toward resolving the Russia-Ukraine battle. He was carrying PM Modi’s peace plan for President Putin, sources stated.
Within the talks, the Russian chief expressed hopes that PM Modi will journey to Russia’s Kazan subsequent month to attend the annual BRICS summit.
Mr Putin additionally proposed to carry a bilateral assembly with PM Modi on October 22 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit to summarise the outcomes of joint work on the implementation of the agreements reached throughout his go to to Moscow and to stipulate prospects for the close to future, the Russian Embassy stated in a press release launched on Telegram.
“We’re ready for our good buddy Modi and finest regards to him,” the Russian media quoted Putin as saying within the assembly.
On Wednesday, Mr Doval had held wide-ranging talks along with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in St Petersburg and mentioned vital problems with “mutual pursuits”. It’s understood that PM Modi’s talks with the Ukrainian President on August 23 figured within the talks between the 2 NSAs.