India is all set to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin, his first visit to the country since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Putin will arrive in Delhi on Thursday evening for the 23rd India-Russia annual summit. The talks during Putin's two-day visit will focus on deepening defence ties, as well as on trade and energy cooperation.

Some highlights of Putin's India visit agenda include meeting with President Droupadi Murmu, a private dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly after arriving in Delhi, discussion on trade and economic cooperation and other "promising projects" in industrial cooperation, innovative technologies, transport, peaceful space exploration, mining, healthcare and labour migration programmes, according to Putin's aide Yury Ushakov who noted that the bilateral political dialogue between India and Russia remains “regular and confidential”.