00:00New Delhi is gearing up to witness a historic moment today because in just a few hours Russian
00:20President Vladimir Putin will land in India's capital aboard his special aircraft and this
00:26isn't just any visit it's a visit that has drawn the world's attention toward India a
00:31moment seen as crucial for shaping India Russia relations energy policy global
00:37geopolitics and defense cooperation this time Putin is not coming alone he's
00:43accompanied by Russia's largest ever cabinet delegation a powerful team that
00:48includes top faces handling Russia's economy defense technology and foreign policy
00:56this is being viewed as a major signal of Russia's growing strategic and economic
01:01focus on India shortly after reaching Delhi Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra
01:06Modi at the PM residence a special dinner has been arranged in his honor it is
01:11expected to be a long meeting with in-depth discussions on several key issues the
01:16biggest highlight of this visit is a 23rd India Russia annual summit led
01:21personally by Modi and Putin and at a time when the US is pressurizing India over
01:25oil purchases from Russia Putin's visit sends a strong geopolitical message
01:30that's why the entire world is watching this meeting very closely according to
01:35the Russian presidential office and India's Ministry of External Affairs this
01:39time the main focus of talks will be economic and trade cooperation with plans
01:44to take it to a new level Putin is bringing along the Minister of Economic
01:48Development Agriculture Minister Digital Communications Minister Health Minister the
01:54deputy minister for industry and trade and even Russia's foreign and defense
01:58ministers not only that ahead of Putin's arashable heads of 75 top Russian
02:05companies have already reached Delhi the joint business meeting between Indian and
02:09Russian companies is expected to be the biggest business event of this visit both
02:14Modi and Putin will attend the session and attempt to give a fresh direction to
02:18bilateral trade ties India's biggest concern is its trade imbalance out of
02:25total bilateral trade worth 68 billion dollars India's exports account for only
02:295 billion India wants to narrow this huge gap Russia has recently started
02:34importing potatoes pomegranates and seafood from India but the volumes are
02:39still small India wants Russia to increase imports of IT pharma technology
02:44manufacturing and agricultural products from India defense cooperation will also be a
02:50key agenda point even though new deals are considered unlikely India and Russia are
02:55expected to update their defense cooperation strategy Russia share in India's
02:59defense imports has dropped from 70 percent to around 36 percent on Friday
03:05evening President Draupadi Murmo will also host a dinner in honor of
03:09President Putin it's clear this visit is not just diplomacy it marks the beginning
03:16of a new chapter in India Russia relations global eyes are fixed on Delhi and
03:21tonight history is said to be written
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