Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation and discussed the positive development of the "special and privileged strategic partnership" between India and Russia and agreed to draw up a road map for future initiatives.
Discussions also included Russia's chairmanship of the BRICS summit.
"We had a good conversation with President Putin. We discussed various positive developments in our special and privileged strategic partnership and agreed to draw up a road map for future initiatives. We also held a useful exchange of views on various regional and global issues, including Russia's BRICS chairmanship," wrote Modi on his profile on the social network X.
Russian state media reported that Modi and Putin also discussed the war in Ukraine.
They also wished each other success in the upcoming parliamentary elections in India and the presidential elections in Russia, the announcement said./BGNES