PM Modi reaches Russia's capital Ufa

Ufa, July 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached Russia's capital Ufa to participate in the 7th BRICS summit. Modi will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin later in the day. He is also expected to meet President of South Africa Jacob Zuma in Russia ahead of the BRICS summit. The BRICS leaders will meet in an informal milieu over dinner. The formal summit programme will begin the next day. There will be an official welcome as well as the customary meeting that leaders have with the members of the BRICS business council. The Prime Minister will also be participating in the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).