India’s Modi Invites Russia’s Putin to Visit Amid US Tensions
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi in 2021.
Photographer: T. Narayan/BloombergIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the South Asian nation amid deteriorating relations with the US.
The two leaders spoke to each other on Friday, reviewed bilateral agreements and discussed the ongoing Ukraine conflict, according to a statement from the Indian government. The Russian president has been invited to attend the India-Russia Annual Summit in India later this year, it said.