NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. The conversation between the two leaders came days after U.

We are very excited and delighted to learn about the visit of President Putin to India. I think the dates are almost finalised now, says Doval. This will be Putin’s first visit to India since the beginning of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia in 2022.

India ranks as the No. 2 importer of Russian oil since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, behind China, according to one research center.