# India hopes Putin will attend BRICS summit, top diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/30534

- TASS, 2026-08-24 12:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2177009

> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said. Modi also looks forward to meeting Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, he added.

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