Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian International Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shake fingers throughout their assembly on the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, on August 24, 2026.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (August 24, 2026) mentioned that he plans to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He made the remarks on the assembly with Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who referred to as on Mr. Putin within the Kremlin.
“In the beginning of our dialog, I want to ask you to convey my easiest needs to Mr. Modi. I hope to see him quickly, as we deliberate, as a part of our work throughout the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation,” mentioned President Putin, additional clarifying that he’s anticipating to fulfill Mr. Modi for the annual summit to be held later this 12 months. He mentioned “it appears to be like like our schedules can also permit us to fulfill once more this 12 months”.
On the assembly in Kremlin, Mr. Jaishankar briefed the Russian President about his conferences in Moscow and mentioned: “Prime Minister Modi appears to be like ahead to assembly you on the SCO summit, then welcoming you to India for the BRICS Summit, and, sooner or later, as per your mutual comfort, having the annual summit, so now we have a really robust image of cooperation to current.”
Mr. Jaishankar handed over a private message from the Prime Minister to Mr. Putin.
The Exterior Affairs Minister additionally co-chaired the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Fee on Commerce, Financial, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation with First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. “Our discussions centered on our wide-ranging cooperation in commerce, investments, power, fertilisers, nuclear, connectivity, expertise, house and mobility domains,” mentioned Mr. Jaishankar after the assembly with Mr. Manturov and his crew. He mentioned that bilateral India-Russia commerce ought to purpose to the touch U.S. $100 billion by 2030 however cautioned towards rising imbalance in bilateral commerce.
“Progress on market entry, removing of tariff and non-tariff obstacles, strengthening fee mechanisms, and stronger business-to-business engagement will probably be important for addressing this imbalance and reaching our shared goal of US $100 billion in bilateral commerce by 2030,” mentioned Mr. Jaishankar, calling for rising engagement between Indian and Russian companies. He referred to the “difficult worldwide state of affairs” as a window for brand spanking new alternatives and “de-risking”.
Printed – August 24, 2026 06:15 pm IST
