India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, deepening ties between the two nations as Western leaders gathered at a NATO summit in Washington and Russia stepped up attacks in Ukraine with deadly missile strikes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2nd from right, visit Atom pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
While Modi’s trip received wall-to-wall coverage in Russia, coverage of Russia’s deadly attack on Ukraine has been muted. Russian state media reported that Putin and Modi would discuss energy ties, including Russia helping India to build more nuclear power plants. Modi last traveled to Russia in 2019, when he attended a forum in the far eastern port of Vladivostok and met with Putin. The leaders also saw each other in September 2022 in Uzbekistan, at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization bloc.
A confrontation in June 2020 along the disputed China-India border dramatically altered their already touchy relationship as rival troops fought with rocks, clubs and fists. At least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers were killed. Tensions have persisted despite talks - and have seeped into how New Delhi looks at Moscow.
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