NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India on early Friday forward of the Brics Summit 2026.Russian president’s official air car landed at Delhi airport.Throughout his go to, Putin is scheduled to carry talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and take part in a sequence of bilateral conferences.This mark his first abroad participation in a Brics Summit since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.The 2 leaders are anticipated to debate the total vary of India-Russia ties, with commerce, power and defence cooperation more likely to determine prominently.The go to comes simply days after PM Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek on August 31. At that assembly, the 2 leaders reviewed cooperation in areas together with political ties, commerce, defence, power, area and mobility, whereas additionally discussing the conflicts in West Asia and the Black Sea area.Putin’s presence in Delhi additionally comes as India and Russia search to deepen financial engagement regardless of mounting geopolitical stress over Moscow’s warfare in Ukraine and Western restrictions on Russian commerce.Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov had earlier stated the 2 sides are additionally exploring cooperation in uncommon earths, together with the potential sale of Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets to India.
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Chatting with reporters throughout a digital briefing from Moscow, Peskov stated, “We’re wanting ahead to the President and Prime Minister having one other bilateral assembly through the go to. It’s scheduled. It’s scheduled for Friday, so first, like at all times, they’ll contact on the bilateral agenda. Commerce and financial cooperation is a really large scope.”On the agenda throughout Putin’s go to for the summit can be the potential sale of Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighters to India.Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu confirmed on Thursday that India and Russia have stepped up talks on manufacturing plane in India, together with the IL-114 turboprop and Sukhoi Superjet 100.