Kazan [Russia]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan on Tuesday. PM Modi invited Putin to visit India next year for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.

PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met as India and China reached an agreement on patrolling arrangements at LAC.

India's Narendra Modi told Russian President Putin on the eve of the BRICS summit that he wanted peace in Ukraine and that New Delhi was ready to help achieve a truce to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.