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In this special report, India Today's Managing Editor Gaurav Sawant provides live updates from Palam Airport as Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to personally welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin. The transcript highlights the significance of this gesture, noting that the Prime Minister chose to break protocol to receive his 'good friend' personally, instead of the External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar. The coverage captures the moment the Prime Minister waits at the technical area for the Russian President's aircraft to touchdown, underscoring the strong diplomatic ties between India and Russia.
Transcript
00:00Images are on your screens right now.
00:02We apologize that it's completely dark,
00:04but what we're trying to show you is the moment of Prime Minister Modi there
00:08getting out of his vehicle, getting set to welcome the Russian president.
00:13So any moment now you will watch out for images of Prime Minister Modi
00:18with Russian President Putin.
00:20Those are the first images on our screens.
00:22Hugely significant, Gaurav, that you have Prime Minister Modi there at the Parliament airport
00:27and very telling that he's chosen to be there personally to welcome President Putin.
00:31We were first hearing it's going to be Dr. S.J. Shankar.
00:34It looks like Prime Minister Modi said that,
00:35no, my good friend Putin, I will welcome him personally.
00:38So this is the Palam technical area.
00:41This is where military aircraft and VVIP aircraft land.
00:45There is a small ops room and a briefing room.
00:48You know, when VVIPs come in, you know, they briefed or debriefed
00:52just before they board that flight.
00:54That's the room where the Prime Minister is now waiting.
00:56The moment there's touchdowns, so the Prime Minister has arrived,
01:00the moment President Putin's plane touches down
01:02and then taxis to this zone at Palam technical area,
01:07the Prime Minister will receive him.
01:08He's done this with world leaders in the past, but very rarely,
01:12you know, in his tenure.
01:14So he's received Sheikh Hasina, Barack Obama, Donald Trump,
01:17the Emirates...
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