Indian Prime Minister Modi Cancels Meeting With Putin Over Ukraine War

Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin. kremlin.ru  

Bloomberg: Modi to Skip Annual Putin Summit Over Ukraine Nuke Threats 

(Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 

The relationship between India and Russia remains strong but trumpeting the friendship at this point may not be beneficial for Modi, said a senior official with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.

It would mark only the second time the leaders of India and Russia haven’t met face to face since 2000, when the relationship was elevated to a strategic partnership. The summit, usually held in December, was canceled just once in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. 

“It won’t be this year,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of prospects for a Putin-Modi summit, the state-run Tass news service reported later Friday.  

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Indian Prime Minister Modi Cancels Meeting With Putin Over Ukraine War  

Indian PM Modi Cancels Putin Meeting Over Nuclear Threats – Bloomberg -- Moscow Times  

No Modi-Putin summit this year after they met in September- Indian govt source -- Reuters  

PM Modi will Not Go to Russia This Year for Annual Meeting with Vladimir Putin: Report -- News 18  

Indian PM Modi to skip annual Putin summit over Ukraine nuke threats – media reports -- New Voice of Ukraine

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