(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to travel to New Delhi on December 4-5 for a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a statement from the Kremlin on Friday.

This will mark Putin’s tenth trip to India and his first since 2021. During the visit, he plans to engage with Modi, whom he has described as his “personal friend,” on a variety of bilateral and multilateral matters.

Although the complete agenda for the summit has not been disclosed by the Russian and Indian authorities, discussions are anticipated to cover the conflict in Ukraine, India’s acquisitions of Russian defense systems and energy supplies, and broader trade relations.

“This visit is of great importance, providing an opportunity to comprehensively discuss the extensive agenda of Russian-Indian relations of a special privileged strategic partnership in political, trade-economic, scientific-technological, and cultural-humanitarian fields, as well as to consider current international and regional issues,” the Kremlin stated.

Earlier in 2024, Modi visited Russia twice—first in June for a bilateral meeting in Moscow and then in October to attend the BRICS summit in Kazan.

The most recent encounter between the two leaders occurred in the Chinese city of Tianjin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in September.

They shared a ride in Putin’s presidential limousine, holding a private conversation for an hour before engaging in delegation-level discussions.

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