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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the strategic partnership between India and Russia has now been elevated into a "special privileged strategic partnership" as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in this Black Sea coastal city for their first informal summit.
Modi said India and Russia have been friends for a long time and thanked Putin for the invite.
Modi recalled his first visit to Russia with then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2001 and said Putin was the first world leader whom he met after becoming the chief minister of Gujarat.
He said the seeds of the 'strategic partnership' sown by Vajpayee and Putin has now grown into a "special privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries.
Modi thanked Russia for playing a major role in helping India get a permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation — an eight nation bloc which aims at military and economic cooperation between the member states.
"We are working together on International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and BRICS," Modi said.
Putin said the visit would give a fresh impetus to bilateral ties. He said Russia and India have been cooperating on several fronts in the multilateral and the international fora. He also mentioned military-to-military cooperation between the two countries.
The issues on the table include economic impact on India and Russia in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the situation in Afghanistan, Syria, the threat of terrorism and matters relating to upcoming SCO and BRICS summits.
The two leaders may also deliberate on extending Indo-Russia civil nuclear cooperation in third countries and possible areas for cooperation for the INSTC project.
—With PTI inputs
