Modi further stated that he looks forward to hosting President Putin in India later this year, confirming that the Russian leader has been invited for the annual bilateral summit.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared that he held a “very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin,” as President Trump has ramped up tariff threats this week against New Delhi for Russian oil purchases.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. The conversation between the two leaders came days after U.