Doval meets Putin in St. Petersburg
The HinduNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin amid renewed efforts to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict. During the talks, Mr. Putin expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would travel to Russia's Kazan next month to attend the annual BRICS summit. “Both sides reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation and discussed important issues of mutual interest,” the Indian Embassy in Russia said on the talks between Mr. Doval and Mr. Shoigu. Mr. Modi’s nearly nine-hour visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian Prime Minister since its independence in 1991, came six weeks after he held summit talks with Mr. Putin in Moscow. On Saturday Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni following her talks with Mr. Zelenskyy said India and China can play a role in finding a solution to the dragging conflict.