Modi Discussed Trade and Security Cooperation in Call With Putin
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16.
Photographer: Alexandr Demyanchuk/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed energy, trade, defense and security cooperation in a phone call on Friday.
Modi also reiterated his call for “dialogue and diplomacy” as the “only way forward” to end the Russian war in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.