The meeting between the two leaders comes after their informal meet in the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, Russia in May.
Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg and said the
friendship between the two countries is deep-rooted.
The
meeting between the two leaders comes after their informal meet in
the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, Russia in May.
The
two leaders then met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China, in June.
"Wide-ranging
and productive talks with President Putin. India's friendship with
Russia is deep-rooted and our countries will continue working
together in multiple sectors. @KremlinRussia," Prime Minister
Modi said in a tweet.
During
their meeting in Sochi, India and Russia had elevated their strategic
partnership to a "special privileged strategic partnership".
Modi
arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday to attend the two-day BRICS
Summit. The theme of the summit is 'BRICS in Africa'.
BRICS
is a grouping of emerging nations formed in 2009 and comprises five
countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Representing over 40 per cent of the world's population, the block's
growth rates surpass those of the developed countries of the G7.
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