The two leaders will skip their annual get-together this year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will “definitely” not meet by the end of the year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
The two leaders don’t have time to see each other, Peskov explained, and are therefore set to skip their annual talks. Moscow and New Delhi, however, are working on organizing a meeting for next year, the spokesman revealed.
“It definitely will not happen before the end of the year. They won’t have time; it won’t be possible to synchronize the schedules. But, for next year, such a possibility is being explored,” Peskov told reporters.
The fate of this year’s Modi-Putin summit had been uncertain, with the two sides sending mixed messages on the prospects of the meeting actually taking place. In early October, Russian media reports cited Indian Ambassador to…