Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home after an "extremely productive" informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. The two leaders reviewed the complete range of India-Russia relations as well as global issues and underlined the need for a multi-polar world during their first ever informal summit in this Black Sea coastal city.
Addressing the media at the meet, Modi said that the two had discussed the operationalisation of the International North South Transport Corridor, as well as BRICS.
Modi also thanked Putin for Russia’s push to get India permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
- Modi and Putin discussed BRICS, the construction of an international transport corridor as well as India’s membership in the SCO
- PM Modi’s two-day Russia summit comes days after talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
PM Modi Arrives in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Delhi on Tuesday, 22 May, from Russia's Sochi after an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
PM Modi Daparts for India
PM Modi departed for India from Sochi on the night of Monday, 12 May.
Russian President Valdimir Putin accompanied him to the airport, where the two leaders held a small discussion Modi’s departure, concluding his one-day informal summit with the Russian President.
Economic and Free Trade Negotiations Scheduled for Autumn: Russian Foreign Minister
The negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and India are scheduled for autumn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today after an informal summit between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Prime Minister Modi and President Putin had productive discussions during their first ever informal summit in this Black Sea coastal city and the two leaders paid special attention to the economic talks.
“The negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union and India are already scheduled for autumn,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
During the talks, the two sides noted with satisfaction the completion of formalities in the contacts between the two sides, he said.
Modi Speaks to Students of Sirius Educational Centre
PM Modi addressed a gathering of students from Sirius Educational Centre after his yacht ride with President Vladimir Putin.