In this episode of the Perspective Prog. based on India-Russia Annual Summit 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be on an official visit to India on 6th December – for the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit is in continuation of the tradition of Annual Summits alternately in India and Russia. The last such summit was held in September 2019 during the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Vladivostok in Russia. The Annual Summit could not take place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation. This will be the first in-person meeting of the Russian President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia in November 2019. Although there have been several virtual meetings for multilateral summits and telephonic conversations between the two leaders. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, President Putin and Prime Minister Modi will review the state and prospects of bilateral relations and discuss ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. The Summit will also afford an opportunity to exchange views on regional, multilateral and international issues of mutual interest. The annual summit will be preceded by the inaugural 2+2 dialogue of the defence and foreign ministers of India and Russia, and are expected to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. Today on the show, we will discuss with experts the importance of this visit of the Russian President to India, the range of issues that President Putin and Prime Minister Modi will discuss during the annual summit, What will the 2+2 mechanism focus on and also the concerns in the otherwise steady relationship.
Guests:
1. Ajai Malhotra, Former Ambassador to Russia
2. Prof. Harsh V. Pant, Head, Strategic Studies Programme, ORF
3. Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
Anchor: Teena Jha
Producer: Amit Srivastav, Sagheer Ahmad
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