Russian President Vladimir Putin has concluded his three-day visit to India, during which he held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and took part in the 18th BRICS summit. Footage from New Delhi has captured Putin getting out of his Aurus limousine and waving goodbye before boarding the presidential plane.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders have posed for a ‘family photo’ at the BRICS summit in New Delhi.

Trade between Russia and India has increased sevenfold over the past five years, Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikov told RT India on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. “In the last five years, our trade turnover has increased by seven times. Last year, it reached $59 billion,” he said, adding that there is “great potential for further growth.”

Reshetnikov said Russian energy supplies account for a significant part of bilateral trade, while Indian exports to Russia are also expanding. “Now it is not only tea,” he said, pointing to food, pharmaceuticals and industrial goods. Moscow and New Delhi are also “now conducting negotiations” on a free-trade agreement, the minister added.

Reshetnikov also invited Indian companies to invest in Russia’s Far East and Arctic, which he said hold major reserves of oil, gas, coal, copper, silver and rare-earth metals. “We will be glad to see Indian companies among investors in the Far East region, in the Arctic region,” he said.

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During their contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping “actively offered” him their assistance in facilitating the settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Modi and Xi have expressed “a keen interest” in finding a solution to the crisis, he told journalists.

“Putin welcomed this willingness and provided detailed information on the situation” on the ground to the Indian and the Chinese leaders, Peskov stressed.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has departed India after his participation in the BRICS summit in New Delhi. “China and India should be partners, not rivals,” Xi said during his first visit to the country in seven years.

The foreign ministers of Russia, China and Iran – Sergey Lavrov, Wang Yi and Abbas Araghchi – share a friendly chat on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, in a video released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Putin said BRICS provides the “main impetus” for global GDP growth, accounting for 49%.

“The potential for further development of BRICS is far from exhausted,” Putin said, describing the “complementarity of the economies of the member countries” as one of the group’s main untapped resources.

”Differences in their structure and specialization provide broad opportunities for practical cooperation,” he added.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is also attending the BRICS summit, has said that he appreciates the “strong support” for WHO by the bloc’s leader and their commitment to promoting universal medical coverage and creating resilient health systems in their countries.