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This Article is From Dec 25, 2015

PM Narendra Modi Wraps Up Russia Visit

PM Narendra Modi Wraps Up Russia Visit
After arriving in Russia on Wednesday, PM Modi was hosted for a private dinner by President Putin at the Kremlin.
Moscow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrapped up his two-day visit to Russia, during which the two countries signed 16 pacts to expand cooperation in various sectors, including nuclear and defence.

Prime Minister Modi was heading towards the Afghan capital Kabul from Moscow, the Press Trust of India reported, quoting sources. The Kabul visit has not been officially announced but Modi was expected to make a stop-over in Kabul on his way back home.

In Kabul, he is expected to inaugurate the new building of the Afghan Parliament constructed by India at a cost of about 90 million US Dollars.

During his stay in Russia, PM Modi held annual summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin and underlined the need for the world to unite against terrorism "without distinction and discrimination between terrorist groups and target countries."

As part of the 16th annual India-Russia Summit, PM Modi and President Putin held a one-on-one meeting before they were joined by their respective delegations.

Earlier in the day, PM Modi laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a war memorial dedicated to Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, in Moscow.

Last night, PM Modi was hosted for a private dinner and held a private tete-a-tete with President Putin at the Kremlin.

The meeting took place hours after PM Modi arrived in Moscow to a red carpet welcome.

 

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