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Modi Presses Putin for End to Ukraine War During SCO Talks in Bishkek

The appeal shows New Delhi is urging diplomacy while deepening trade and defence ties with Russia as it readies to host the BRICS leaders’ meeting.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Bishkek on Monday | Narendra Modi Photo Gallery/ANI
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, August 31, 2026. Sputnik/Pyotr Kovalyov/Pool via REUTERS

Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in Bishkek and urged that hostilities in Ukraine must end, saying every day of war sets humanity back.
  • Modi used the bilateral to review India‑Russia cooperation on trade, energy, defence and fertiliser supplies and formally invited Putin to attend the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi in September.
  • On the sidelines of the 26th SCO summit Modi held separate talks with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Armenia’s Nikol Pashinyan and Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Zhaparov to advance regional ties and protect Indian interests.
  • Modi and China’s Xi Jinping exchanged a brief handshake and words at the SCO photo event but did not hold a scheduled one‑on‑one meeting, while Xi and Putin reaffirmed closer China‑Russia cooperation.
  • The visits underline India’s diplomatic balancing act: pressing for conflict resolution and counter‑terror measures while sustaining strategic links with Russia and strengthening engagement with Central Asian partners ahead of BRICS, a stance that could shape energy flows, sanctions diplomacy and summit outcomes.