MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit India on Tuesday and Wednesday at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss bilateral ties and international issues, the Kremlin and India's foreign ministry said on Friday.
During the state visit, Putin will hold talks with Modi and meet separately with Indian President Droupadi Murmu, according to the Kremlin, which noted that a number of unspecified intergovernmental and commercial agreements are expected to be signed.
Putin last visited India in December 2021, just months before sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
"This visit is of great importance, providing an opportunity to comprehensively discuss the extensive agenda of Russian-Indian relations as a particularly privileged strategic partnership," the Kremlin said in a statement.
It said the relationship covered bilateral political, trade, economic, scientific, technological, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Modi for India to stop buying oil from Russia. India has been one of the biggest purchasers of Russian oil.
Trade and refining sources said this week that India's Russian oil imports were set to hit their lowest in at least three years in December, down from multi-month highs in November, as refiners turned to alternatives to avoid breaching Western sanctions.
