Meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

On the Russian
side, the meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , First Deputy
Prime Minister and Russian co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Russian-Indian Commission
on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation Denis
Manturov Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Novak Novak AlexanderDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation and Alexei Overchuk Overchuk AlexeiDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Special Presidential Representative
for Financial and Economic Cooperation with BRICS States and Interaction with
the New Development Bank Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office and Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Peskov DmitryDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential Press Secretary ,
Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov Ushakov YuryAide to the President , Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut Lut OksanaMinister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation , Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation , Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov Siluanov AntonMinister of Finance of the Russian Federation , Central
Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina Nabiullina ElviraGovernor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) , Director of the Federal Service for Military Technical
Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev, Presidential Advisor Igor Levitin Levitin IgorAdviser to the President, Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Transport , President of the Russian Association of Fertiliser Producers Andrei Guryev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev Dmitriev KirillCEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) , Director General of the State
Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev Likhachev AlexeiDirector General of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom , Rosneft CEO and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin Sechin IgorRosneft CEO, Chairman of the Management Board , Chairman of the BRICS Interbank Cooperation
Mechanism, Chairman of the State Development
Corporation VEB.RFand member of the BRICS Business Council Igor Shuvalov Shuvalov IgorChairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF .
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, friends,
I am delighted to welcome you to Russia, this time to Kazan, a magnificent historical city on the Volga.
I warmly remember your visit to Moscow and our fruitful talks back in July. We regularly speak on the telephone. I am grateful that you accepted our
invitation and came to the BRICS Summit in Kazan in person.
Today we will take part in the opening ceremony of the summit. Later,
there will be a dinner for the leaders, and then we will begin our work.
Here in Kazan, we are to make a number of important decisions to enhance
the efficiency of efforts made by BRICS and to strengthen multilateral
cooperation within the group. We value our cooperation on this track, considering
that our nations were instrumental in founding BRICS.
Russian-Indian relations are characterised by a special privileged
strategic partnership and continue to develop actively. Interaction between
legislative bodies is strengthening, and our foreign ministers are in constant
contact.
Trade is also in good shape. The next meeting of the intergovernmental
commission is scheduled for November 12 in New Delhi.
Large projects are consistently developing, and we welcome your decision
to open a Consulate General of India in Kazan. Expanding India’s diplomatic
presence in Russia will contribute to the further development of bilateral
relations.
Mr Prime Minister, we are very glad to see you and your entire representative
team in Russia.
Prime Minister of the Republic of India
Narendra Modi Modi NarendraPrime Minister of India (retranslated): Your Excellency,
First of all, let me thank you from all my heart for your friendship and the warm and hospitable welcome.
I am happy to have the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Kazan
to take part in the BRICS summit.
India has deeply rooted historical ties with this city. Once the Consulate
General of India opens here, our relations will become even stronger.
Your Excellency, this is my second visit to Russia in the last three
months, which demonstrates the close coordination and strong friendship between
our countries.
As you mentioned, we held a bilateral summit in July in Moscow. Our discussions
helped promote our cooperation in all areas.
Your Excellency, you have successfully chaired BRICS since the beginning
of the year, and I would like to congratulate you on this.
Over the past 15 years, the BRICS group has developed a special identity,
and today many countries are interested in joining it. I am looking forward to our discussions within BRICS tomorrow.
Your Excellency, we maintain regular contact regarding the ongoing conflict
between Russia and Ukraine. As I said before, we believe that problems must be
solved by peaceful means. We fully support the establishment of peace and stability as soon as possible. In all our efforts, we give priority to humanity, and we are ready to provide any possible assistance in the future.
Your Excellency, today we will have the opportunity to discuss all these
issues.
I would like to thank you once again.
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