India’s Modi to Visit Russia, Hold Talks With Putin This Week

Published on July 7, 2024

NEW DELHI—Fixing India’s trade imbalance with Russia and securing the discharge of Indians misled into fighting in the Ukraine war will be among Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s priorities during talks in Moscow this week, a top official said. Mr. Modi will visit Russia on July 8–9 for talks with President Vladimir Putin as part of annual summits between New Delhi and Moscow, launched in 2000. Mr. Modi’s visit coincides with the July 9–11 NATO summit in Washington at which the Ukraine war will hold center stage, and the timing has raised questions about the signal India could be sending. But Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, the most senior diplomat in the foreign ministry, rejected any connection and said Mr. Modi’s visit was part of the calendar of summits between the two countries....

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