Vladimir Putin India Visit Live Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin will reach New Delhi today (November 4) on a two-day state visit. The main objective of Putin’s visit is to further strengthen India-Russia strategic and economic partnership, especially at a time when India-US relations are going through an increasingly bad phase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a private dinner in his honor this evening, while the most important day will be Friday, when the summit between the two countries will be held. In this dialogue, special attention is likely to be given to increasing defense cooperation, keeping bilateral trade safe from external pressures and possible partnership in small ‘modular reactors’. Western countries will keep a special eye on this meeting.

This important visit is taking place at a time when America has imposed heavy duty of up to 50 percent on Indian goods. This also includes the 25 percent additional duty imposed on buying crude oil from Russia, due to which India-US relations have reached their lowest level in two decades. Russian President Putin is expected to reach New Delhi at around 4.30 pm today. After this journey of about 28 hours, he will depart from India at around 9.30 pm on Friday night.