IN PHOTOS: Russian president Putin arrives in Delhi to a red carpet welcome

Updated On: 04 December, 2025 08:30 PM IST | Divya Nair

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained in firm footing notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. (PICS/PTI)

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained in firm footing notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. (PICS/PTI)$

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<p>In reflection of the importance India attached to the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at New Delhi`s Palam airport with a hug and accorded him a warm welcome to India after a gap of four years</p>

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In reflection of the importance India attached to the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at New Delhi`s Palam airport with a hug and accorded him a warm welcome to India after a gap of four years

<p>Modi is hosting a private dinner for Putin this evening, in reciprocal gesture to the hospitality extended to the Indian prime minister by the Russian leader during his visit to Moscow in July last year</p>

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Modi is hosting a private dinner for Putin this evening, in reciprocal gesture to the hospitality extended to the Indian prime minister by the Russian leader during his visit to Moscow in July last year

<p>The conversation between the two leaders this evening is expected to set the tone for the 23rd India-Russia summit talks on Friday that is expected to produce a number of key outcomes</p>

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The conversation between the two leaders this evening is expected to set the tone for the 23rd India-Russia summit talks on Friday that is expected to produce a number of key outcomes

<p>Boosting defence ties, insulating India-Russia trade from external pressure and exploring cooperation in small modular reactors are set to be the focus of the summit meeting between the two leaders that is expected to be closely watched by Western capitals</p>

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Boosting defence ties, insulating India-Russia trade from external pressure and exploring cooperation in small modular reactors are set to be the focus of the summit meeting between the two leaders that is expected to be closely watched by Western capitals

<p>The two leaders left the airport in the same car, nearly three months after they travelled together on a vehicle in the Chinese city of Tianjin following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit</p>

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The two leaders left the airport in the same car, nearly three months after they travelled together on a vehicle in the Chinese city of Tianjin following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit

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