NSA Ajit Doval says Russian President Putin will visit India soon

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India soon, said National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval in an opening statement during a meeting in Moscow on Thursday (August 7, 2025).

“We are very excited to learn about the visit of President Putin to India… I think the dates are almost finalised. Summit-level meetings have always been watershed points for the relationship,” Mr. Doval said.

Mr. Doval on Thursday (August 7, 2025) met Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, who said that the two countries are linked by “strong, time-tested ties of friendship.”

It is important for Moscow and New Delhi to determine the timing of new full-scale negotiations between President Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Shoigu said at the meeting with Mr. Doval.

Russia and India are linked by “strong, time-tested ties of friendship,” Mr. Shoigu said, adding that for Moscow the most important thing is to comprehensively strengthen the special privileged strategic partnership with India, which is based on “mutual respect, trust, equal consideration of each other’s interests, and the desire to promote a unifying agenda.” “We are committed to further active cooperation to form a new, more just and sustainable world order, ensure the rule of international law and jointly combat modern challenges and threats,” he added.

This is the NSA’s first visit to Moscow since Operation Sindoor, although he attended the SCO NSA meeting in Beijing in June and met with Mr. Shoigu’s deputy, Russia’s Security Council Deputy Secretary Aleksandr Venediktov.

(With PTI inputs)