Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on three-day visit to attend BRICS summit; holds talks with PM Modi

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 11 (STC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held important bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, here today. The two leaders held discussions on further expanding cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including trade, defense, energy, nuclear cooperation and key minerals.
Remarkably, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi today morning on a three-day visit, where he will attend the BRICS summit.
According to sources, one of the main goals of the two countries during the talks is to increase the volume of mutual trade to 100 billion US dollars by 2030. To achieve this goal, issues such as expanding industrial cooperation, increasing access of Indian exporters to the Russian market, cooperation in the railway and tunneling sectors and development of the steel value chain will also be considered.
Defense cooperation between the two leaders was also an important focus of the talks. According to sources, the focus was on further strengthening the relations between the two countries in the energy sector.
According to Russian officials, energy cooperation between India and Russia remains strong, while there is also a possibility of taking forward the talks on setting up new civil nuclear reactors in India. Various aspects of civil nuclear cooperation, including the fuel cycle and life-cycle support of projects, are also expected to be discussed during the talks. In addition, consideration was also given to expanding cooperation in the field of key minerals and exploring new possibilities to meet the industrial needs of both countries.
It may be recalled that the previous meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin took place last week on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek. Prime Minister Modi had urged the Russian leadership that the conflict should end immediately and the world should move from unlimited war to the elimination of war.
(Straight Talk Communications I Inputs from NNB)