08/27/2026 August 27, 2026 India's Modi to hold bilateral talks with PutinBoth India and Russia are permanent members of the SCO [FILE: Dec 5, 2025] Image: Grigory Sysoyev/Sputnik/REUTERSIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz Republic, India's Foreign Ministry confirmed.
"A meeting is scheduled between both the leaders of India and Russia on the sidelines of the summit," Foreign Ministry official Sibi George said in a special briefing.
Modi is set to visit Uzbekistan from August 29-30 on a bilateral visit, after which he will visit the Kyrgyz Republic for the 26th SCO Summit from August 31 to September 1.
Russia and India are both permanent members of the SCO, along with China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran.
"I hope to see him soon," Putin had said then speaking of Modi, adding that he was expecting to meet the Indian prime minister at the SCO summit.
08/27/2026 August 27, 2026 India's Modi to hold bilateral talks with Putin
Both India and Russia are permanent members of the SCO [FILE: Dec 5, 2025] Image: Grigory Sysoyev/Sputnik/REUTERS
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz Republic, India's Foreign Ministry confirmed.
"A meeting is scheduled between both the leaders of India and Russia on the sidelines of the summit," Foreign Ministry official Sibi George said in a special briefing. "Both sides are expected to review the entire gamut of bilateral relationship during the meeting between the leaders on the sidelines of the SCO in Bishkek," he said.
Modi is set to visit Uzbekistan from August 29-30 on a bilateral visit, after which he will visit the Kyrgyz Republic for the 26th SCO Summit from August 31 to September 1.
Russia and India are both permanent members of the SCO, along with China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran.
The confirmation of Modi and Putin's upcoming meeting comes just days after Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met the Russian leader in Moscow for a meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation.
"I hope to see him soon," Putin had said then speaking of Modi, adding that he was expecting to meet the Indian prime minister at the SCO summit.
India and Russia have had long-standing bilateral ties despite Russia's growing closeness with China and Western pressure on India to distance itself from Moscow economically amid the war in Ukraine.
