PM Modi-President Putin to meet in New Delhi by year end, confirms Russian embassy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a meeting in New Delhi later this year, a Russian embassy official said on Wednesday, August 20. While President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India has been confirmed, the official clarified that the exact dates for the talks between the two leaders are yet to be finalised.

Earlier, a Russian news agency had reported that Vladimir Putin was expected to visit India at the end of 2025. Interfax, which quoted India’s National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, during his visit to Moscow also corrected an earlier claim that the visit would take place in late August this year.

However, India has refuted reports of an August visit for Vladimir Putin and said that dates for the Russian President’s Delhi visit are ‘under discussion’.

Today, a Russian embassy official has confirmed Vladimir Putin’s visit to India later in the year.