Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting on Friday, September 11, during the BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi. This meeting was confirmed by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday.
“A peaceful resolution of all issues as soon as possible is the call of humanity, and this is also India’s message.
The land of Gandhi and Buddha has one message — the path of peace,” he said, speaking in Hindi. Modi said the Ukraine issue had featured in his discussions with Putin at every meeting and stressed that India “supports all efforts for peace and will continue to do so in future”.
Putin has confirmed his attendance, while Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to take part. PM Modi will host the summit. Other leaders expected at the summit include South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is also expected to attend. “Every day spent perpetuating war pushes humanity backwards, and every step taken towards peace fills the whole of humanity with new hope and enthusiasm.
If Xi visits India, it will be his first trip to the country since his informal meeting with PM Modi in Mamallapuram in 2019.
We must move from endless war towards the end of war, which is very necessary for the well-being of humanity,” Modi said in televised opening remarks at the meeting with Putin.
