"I am glad to be in Kazan," Xi said as he shook hands with Putin ahead of a bilateral meeting. Putin called Xi his "dear friend" and said that Moscow and Beijing would work towards creating a just world order.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for the 16th BRICS Summit in Russia. With multilateralism and global security on the agenda, Modi is set to meet President Putin and other global leaders to address critical issues, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
PM Modi will visit from 22-23 October 2024 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is due to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, being held in Kazan, under the Chairmanship of Russia.
During a special press briefing in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced that 20 Indians are still awaiting discharge from the Russian Army.
A resolution passed at the conference urged PM Modi to escalate his efforts, warning that failure to do so could lead the world into a third world war, potentially resulting in countless lives lost and causing irreversible harm to economies and the environment.
In his book "War", Woodward said Trump ordered an aide away from his office at his Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago in early 2024 so he could conduct a private phone call with Putin, according to The Washington Post's summary of the book.
Biden also reached out to Putin directly in a message, warning of the “catastrophic consequences” if Russia used nuclear weapons, According to Woodward's account.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his military had received around 140,000 drones in 2023 and that Moscow planned to increase this number tenfold this year.
Amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Jaishankar will meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken. During his visit, they are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral and global issues, including the Ukraine war and the Middle East crisis.
This was Trump's first meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his presidency ended in 2021, although they spoke on call in July. Trump had recently criticised the Ukrainian President and has been a vocal opponent of US aid to Ukraine, calling it a waste of money.
This meeting came as Trump criticised Zelenskyy for making "nasty aspersions" towards him and his running mate JD Vance amid rumours of a growing rift between them. The US on Thursday announced $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine to repel Russia's invasion.
Lavrov and Jaishankar discussed key matters on the bilateral cooperation agenda, as well as urgent international matters, including preparations for the upcoming BRICS Summit in Kazan, the Ukraine settlement, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Trump asserted that Russia would never have invaded Ukraine if he was president and blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the "complete obliteration" of Kyiv. The former President has long been critical of US aid to Ukraine, calling it a waste of money.
The Chinese establishment is able to produce drones including the G3 at scale at a factory in China so the weapons can be deployed in the "special military operation" in Ukraine, the term Moscow uses for the war.
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state, and that any conventional attack on Russia that was supported by nuclear power would be considered to be a joint attack.
During his speech at the United Nations, Zelenskyy said proposing "alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles" would give Russian President Putin the political space to continue the war.
Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council that "we have to prepare" for a second peace summit to end the Ukraine conflict for which he had already invited India. This came after he met PM Modi in New York for their third bilateral meeting this year, recalling the PM's recent visit to Ukraine.
During the meeting, Zelenskyy appreciated India's attention to the conflict in Ukraine and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in finding a way out of it.
Prime Minister met Zelenskyy in the last leg of his three-day visit to the US where he also addressed the UNGA on Monday. He reiterated India's support for the early resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Speaking at the 79th UN General Assembly session, PM Modi stressed over the sensible use of technology and appealed for a balanced regulation. Without naming any country, he said India sought such global digital governance wherein sovereignty and integrity remain unharmed.
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