Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India next month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India next month for a bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi which is expected to deliver tangible results in strengthening defense, trade and energy relations, have they declared Friday. (November 12). The two sides are in talks to consolidate the visit around the second week of December, although Russia is preparing to deliver the first batch of S400 missile systems to India next month, they said.

Ahead of the summit, the two parties are also expected to hold the inaugural dialogue between two and two foreign and defense ministers in Moscow, which aims to give new impetus to the general “special and privileged strategic” partnership between the two countries. We learn that the two parties are on the verge of consolidating a series of agreements in the areas of defense, trade and investment, and science and technology at the top. A framework for military-technical cooperation is expected to be renewed for the next decade at the summit as well as the announcement of a joint committee on technology and scientific agreement.

India and Russia have also reached the final stages of negotiations for a logistical support deal and will likely be signed in the two plus two talks or at the summit. The pact will allow the armed forces of the two countries to use each other's bases to repair and replenish supplies, as well as facilitate the expansion of global defense cooperation. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the implications of the Taliban takeover of Kabul for regional security should feature prominently at the top. Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev visited India in September as part of the follow-up to the telephone conversation between Modi and Putin on developments in Afghanistan. In addition to Russia and India, senior security officials from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in the dialogue.

Both the countries have a mechanism underneath that India' prime minister and therefore the Russian president hold a summit annually to review the whole gamut of ties. therefore far, twenty annual summit conferences have taken place or else in India and Russia. Russia has been a reliable partner for India and the country has been a key pillar of latest Delhi' foreign policy. On the S-400 deal, the individuals cited above said each side are committed to it.