Bhubaneswar: Kremlin had already said that Vladimir Putin won’t be attending the upcoming G20 Summit in India.
On Monday, the Russian President personally conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi his inability to attend the Summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.
During a telephonic conversation on Monday, Putin also informed that Russia would be represented at the G20 Summit by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The two leaders reviewed progress on a number of issues of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual concern, including recently concluded BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
Expressing his understanding of the decision, Modi thanked President Putin for Russia’s consistent support to all initiatives under India’s G20 Presidency.
“Topical issues of Russian-Indian relations, which are progressively developing in the spirit of a particularly privileged strategic partnership, were considered (during the call),” Reuters quoted a statement by Kremlin.
The two leaders, who enjoy a good rapport, agreed to remain in touch.
