St Petersburg June 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin headed the 18th India-Russia annual bilateral summit that got underway here on Thursday.
Intensifying the Spl & Privileged Strategic Partner p. PM @narendramodi & Prez Putin @KkremlinRussia_E review entire gamut of bilateral coop n External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted.
Trade and economic reforms are likely to be the areas of focus during the discussions.
Despite efforts to take bilateral trade to $10 billion the figure has been hovering around $7 billion for various reasons.
After the talks Modi and Putin will be addressing a CEOs forum.
On Friday Modi will for the first time attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum a business event.
The Prime Minister arrived here on Wednesday evening on the third leg of his four-nation European tour.
From here he will go to France on the fourth and final leg of his tour and meet newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time.
Before going to Russia Modi visited Germany and Spain.
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India-Russia annual bilateral summit begins
