Deepening their ties as the world watched India roll out the red carpet for visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Delhi and Moscow Friday signed a labour mobility pact, agreed on a programme for developing strategic areas of economic cooperation until 2030, announced a 30-day free tourist visa for Russian nationals and pledged to work towards early conclusion of a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.

These were the key outcomes of bilateral talks between Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Capital and meetings of delegations of the two sides, wrapping up the Russian President’s first visit to the country since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022.

World capitals tracked the state visit amid efforts by the US to force an end to the Ukraine war aft

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