Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin extended New Year greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Smt. Murmu. According to an official statement issued by Kremlin said that the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Presidencies will open new opportunities for building multi-dimensional Russia-India cooperation for the benefit of people.

Putin said that in 2022, Russia and India marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations and, relying on positive traditions of friendship and mutual respect, the countries continue to develop their specially privileged strategic partnership, carry out large-scale trade and economic projects in addition to energy, military technology and other areas of cooperation, coordinate efforts in addressing important matters of regional and global agendas, said in the statement.