The Russian Embassy in India confirmed Putin’s reception of Doval in the Kremlin and the meeting on Thursday between Shoigu and his Indian counterpart to address mechanisms to further strengthen the special and privileged Russia-India strategic alliance.

According to national diplomatic authorities, the Indian national security advisor noted during his engagements that the dates of the Russian head of State’s visit to India are being defined.

According to official sources, the information in some media outlets about Putin’s trip to the South Asian nation in late August is incorrect.

Doval, in turn, told reporters that India and Russia maintain a very special, long-standing relationship, and New Delhi greatly assesses its strategic partnership with Moscow.

Ajit Doval’s visit to Moscow comes at a time when US President Donald Trump is increasing his economic pressure on India and other countries with additional tariffs due to those nations’ imports of Russian oil, as the US president justified.

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