During their meeting, the two leaders reviewed the entire spectrum of India-Russia relations, with a special focus on the progress made since their last meeting in Moscow in July 2024. Modi also expressed appreciation for Russia's chairmanship and extended his best wishes for the summit's success.

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Vladimir Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit organised by the Kremlin, where he met and hugged Russian leader Vladimir Putin and said that India supports a peaceful resolution of the war against Ukraine and is ready to help in this.