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PM Modi breaks protocol to welcome Putin at airport
short by Shalini ojha / on Thursday, 4 December, 2025
PM Narendra Modi received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi's Palam airport on Thursday, and a picture of both leaders cordially greeting each other surfaced. This gesture by PM Modi marks a break in protocol. They last met in China for the SCO Summit. The two-day visit marks Putin's first visit to India since the start of the Ukraine war.