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PM Modi to leave for Russia today

by IBNS 23 Dec 2015, 07:45 am

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Russia on Wednesday.

Modi will visit the country at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This will be his first official bilateral visit to Moscow.

"At the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi will pay his first official bilateral visit to Moscow from 23-24 December 2015 for the 16th India-Russia Annual Summit," MEA said in a statement.

"At the summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin will review the relationship between India and Russia to strengthen it further and hold discussions on regional and global issues," it said.