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Putin Visits India for BRICS Summit, Meeting Modi Again
Vladimir Putin is visiting India for an important BRICS meeting.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited him to come.
The summit is scheduled for September 11 to 13.
The two leaders have met many times before.
Their first meeting was in 2001.
They may have met about 25 times since then.
They also met recently at an SCO Summit in Bishkek.
The article says India and Russia are building stronger ties.
President Vladimir Putin is visiting India for the BRICS Summit from September 11-13.
The visit follows an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The article describes India-Russia ties as strengthening across the geostrategic spectrum.
Putin and Modi may be meeting for the 25th time since their first meeting in 2001.
The leaders met again in New Delhi less than two weeks after the SCO Summit in Bishkek.
- Who
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- Putin is visiting India to attend the BRICS Summit and meet Modi.
- Where
- India, including New Delhi; their recent prior meeting was in Bishkek.
- When
- September 11-13; the leaders first met in 2001 and met again less than two weeks after the Bishkek SCO Summit.
- Why
- Putin was invited by Modi, while the visit is presented as part of strengthening India-Russia ties.
Key facts
- Summit
- BRICS Summit
- Summit dates
- September 11-13
- Visitor
- President Vladimir Putin
- Host
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- First meeting
- 2001
- Estimated meetings
- Possibly the 25th meeting between Putin and Modi
- Recent meeting
- The leaders met at the SCO Summit in Bishkek less than two weeks earlier










