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PM Modi to leave for SCO summit today; will meet Russian Prez Putin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Uzbekistan's Samarkand in the evening

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This Bloomberg file photo show Russian President Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in New Delhi.

BS Web Team New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. The PM will reach Uzbekistan's Samarkand on Thursday evening, media reports stated. 

Putin will discuss Russian-Indian cooperation within the UN and G20 with PM Modi during the SCO meeting, Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said, reported news agency TASS. This would be the first time that PM Modi and Putin will hold face-to-face bilateral talks since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“A conversation on international agenda with Modi will also take place, the sides will discuss issues of strategic stability, the situation in