NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St Petersburg and debriefed him on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kyiv visit and discussed measures to further strengthen the robust partnership between the two nations in the backdrop of the July annual summit.
During the conversation, Putin noted the successful development of the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia and stressed the importance of security issues in bilateral relations, thanking the Indian side for maintaining dialogue in this area, officials said. The Russian President proposed to hold a bilateral meeting with Modi on October 22, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan.
