New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to visit India on December 5-6 for a bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claimed media reports. It will be his first visit to India after the Russia-Ukraine war that broke out in February 2022.

During National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval's visit to Moscow in August this year, a discussion was held regarding Putin's visit. However, dates were not confirmed at that time.

Meanwhile, the news of the Russian President's visit to New Delhi was confirmed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China's Tianjin on September 1 for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

On September 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also confirmed that Putin would visit India in December. "In December, a v

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