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'Druzhba Dosti' flag flutters as Modi greets Prez Putin on tarmac

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December 05, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi on Thursday evening for his two-day state visit to India, with Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi receiving him on the tarmac of the airport.

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'Druzhba Dosti' flag flutters as Modi greets Prez Putin on tarmac

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Palam Air Base in New Delhi on Thursday

(PTI)

In a gesture reminiscent of their meeting in the Chinese city of Tianjin three months earlier, the two drove away in the same vehicle, the India and Russia flags fluttering on its bonnet, to7Lok Kalyan Marg, where Modi hosted “friend” Putin for a private dinner.

The Russians have termed Putin’s visit to India, his first to this country since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, as “Druzhba Dosti”, which means ‘friendship’ in Russian and Hindi, respectively. The warmth and easy rapport that Modi and Putin share were evident at Delhi’s Palam Airport when they shook hands and hugged on the tarmac after the Russian President disembarked from his aircraft.

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