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Russian President Vladimir Putin is opening his 2-day sojourn to India connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit astatine the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is his archetypal sojourn to India successful 4 years. The talks betwixt the 2 leaders are expected to absorption connected boosting defence ties, insulating bilateral commercialized from outer unit and exploring practice successful tiny modular reactors.
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The Russian President is apt to get successful New Delhi astatine astir 4:30 p.m. connected Thursday (December 4, 2025), and hours later, PM Modi volition big him for a backstage meal successful reciprocation of a akin motion extended to the Indian premier curate by the Russian person during his sojourn to Moscow successful July past year.
On Friday (December 5, 2025), Mr. Putin volition beryllium accorded a ceremonial invited earlier the 23rd India-Russia summit. After the summit, Mr. Putin is acceptable to motorboat the caller India transmission of Russian state-run broadcaster RT, pursuing which helium volition be a authorities banquet to beryllium hosted successful his honour by President Droupadi Murmu.
Mr. Putin’s sojourn marks the 25th day of the Strategic Partnership betwixt India and Russia, established successful October 2000. During the Russian President’s sojourn to India successful December 2010, the Strategic Partnership was elevated to a “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership”.
(Inputs from PTI and ANI)
