Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Vladimir Putin a rare airport welcome, hosted a private dinner, and joined a ceremonial guard of honour before formal talks at Hyderabad House.
- The agenda includes defense, energy and trade rebalancing, with announcements expected on multiple intergovernmental agreements and commercial MoUs, including a labour mobility framework.
- Moscow is pushing to raise bilateral commerce to $100 billion by 2030 by importing more Indian goods, while New Delhi seeks to narrow a deficit driven by discounted Russian crude.
- Defense discussions cover deliveries of the remaining S-400 air-defense systems, upgrades to Russian-origin platforms, and Russian proposals such as the Su-57 fighter, with co-production support pledged by Moscow.
- Putin arrived after talks with U.S. envoys on a Ukraine deal yielded no breakthrough, and Modi told him India is on the side of peace as New Delhi negotiates relief from President Trump’s tariffs tied to Russian oil purchases.