PM Narendra Modi Modi and President Vladimir Putin also discussed strengthening of the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, hours before a scheduled meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

During the phone call, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepen India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership further, apart from reviewing progress in the bilateral agenda.

Russia's Vladimir Putin wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of India's 79th Independence Day. Putin also said that Russia is looking to continue expanding its bilateral cooperation with India in multiple areas.

In his message to Zelensky, PM Modi also expressed an earnest wish for the people of Ukraine and Kyiv’s war with Russia.

Trump rejected any suggestion that holding the summit on U.S. soil represented a defeat. "The Fake News has been saying for 3 days that I suffered a "major defeat" b