Putin to receive top Indian diplomat today — Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"Tonight the president plans to receive Mr. Jaishankar, this is India's foreign minister," the spokesman said.

Peskov recalled that earlier the top Indian diplomat had already met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. According to the Kremlin spokesman, India is an important partner of Russia, so the ministers will talk about the contacts held and the course of their discussion.

The Kremlin spokesman also added that the head of state will have several working meetings in the evening.