Saturday , November 23 2024

PM Modi leaves for Russia, meets Putin for the second time in five months, may meet Xi Jinping

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BRICS Summit 2024: The 16th BRICS summit is starting from today. Russia is presiding over the two-day conference. PM Modi will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazan, Russia today. This will be the second meeting between the two leaders in five months.

This is the second meeting between the two leaders in five months

Apart from this, in July 2024, PM Modi chaired the annual India-Russia meeting with Putin. In which PM Modi made many efforts to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war. Apart from this, other global issues were discussed in detail.

These leaders can meet

A few days after this visit, Modi visited Ukraine and met its President Zelensky. During the BRICS summit, PM Modi may also meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Masoud Pazeshkian and Xi Jinping.

What will be the conversation between PM Modi and Putin?

The Indian side can raise the issue of the release of the remaining Indians when it holds bilateral talks with PM Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin. During his meeting with Putin in Moscow in July, PM Modi had prominently raised the issue of early release of Indian citizens serving in the Russian Army.

What is BRICS summit?

The BRICS summit is a group of countries like Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The objective of which is to increase economic cooperation among developing countries, maintain coordination, improve political relations with each other and cooperate in mutual economic assistance. This time Russia is hosting the 16th BRICS summit.