Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Vienna on Tuesday from Moscow on a two-day visit to Austria during which the two nations will explore ways to further deepen their bilateral relationship and closer cooperation on the many geopolitical challenges.
It is the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Austria in over 40 years, the last being of Indira Gandhi in 1983.
In Russia, PM Modi interacted with the Indian community, then laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kremlin and thereafter visited the Rosatom pavilion at an exhibition venue in Moscow.
Vladimir Putin and PM Modi met yesterday at the Russian President's official address where they spoke over crucial global matters.
The meeting marks the 16th encounter between PM Modi and President Putin in the past decade, with their last face-to-face interaction occurring at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in 2022.
This visit to Russia by PM Modi is his first since the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv began in 2022.