Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was the first foreign dignitary to arrive in New Delhi for the BRICS summit, held his first bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (September 11, 2026) afternoon. According to sources the two sides took up steps to increase bilateral trade target to $100 billion by 2030 during the talks, and discussed projects in the field of civil nuclear cooperation.
Sources said among the new and emerging areas, cooperation in the field of critical minerals were also taken up in Friday’s (September 11, 2026) talks. Kremlin in a news release said the President Putin is expected to visit the INNOPROM exhibition that has organised by the Ministries of Commerce of India and Russia jointly. The press note said that Mr. Putin is scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings with leaders of other countries during his stay in New Delhi. “The main agreements reached are expected to be reflected in the summit’s final document,” Kremlin said in a news release on its Telegram channel.
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