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India.com
05-05-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Russian President Putin speaks to PM Modi; says perpetrators of Pahalgam attack must be....
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone conversation that the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror strike must be brought to justice as he strongly condemned the horrific attack. Putin also told Modi that Russia fully supports India's fight against terrorism, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). 'President Putin @KremlinRussia_E called PM @narendramodi and strongly condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam, India,' MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a social media post. 'He conveyed deepest condolences on the loss of innocent lives and expressed full support to India in the fight against terrorism,' Jaiswal added. 'He emphasised that the perpetrators of the heinous attack and their supporters must be brought to justice,' he said. The MEA spokesperson said Modi and Putin reiterated their commitment to further deepen India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. The prime minister conveyed his greetings to the Russian president on the celebration of the 80th anniversary of 'Victory Day'. Modi also invited Putin for the India-Russia annual summit to be held in India later in the year.
India Today
05-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pahalgam attackers must be brought to justice: Putin speaks to PM Modi
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and emphasised that the perpetrators of the "heinous" Pahalgam terror attack should be brought to justice, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on condoled the deaths of the April 22 Pahalgam massacre and expressed full support to India in its fight against terrorism, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal Putin @KremlinRussia_E called PM @narendramodi and strongly condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam, India. He conveyed deepest condolences on the loss of innocent lives and expressed full support to India in the fight against terrorism. He emphasised that the perpetrators of the heinous attack and their supporters must be brought to justice," Jaiswal said in a statement on X. Both leaders reiterated their commitment to further deepen the special and privileged strategic partnership between both Prime Minister conveyed greetings to President Putin on the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Russia's Victory Day and invited him for the annual summit to be held in India later in the year, Jaiswal Modi was invited by Russia to attend the Victory Day to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Germany in World War II. However, he will not visit Russia in light of the security situation following the Pahalgam Minister Rajnath Singh, too, is likely to skip Russia's Victory Day parade and Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Sanjay Seth is expected to represent India at the annual Victory Day is Russia's national pride and is attended by several global leaders and military Modi visited Russia twice last year, one for the annual summit with President Vladimir Putin and the second trip to attend the Brics summit in is expected to visit India for the annual summit between both countries later this Russian President earlier condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, calling it a "brutal crime", and reiterated Russia's support in fighting against terrorism with a hard-hitting message, PM Modi has vowed to identify and track down the terrorists and their backs "at the ends of the earth". He has also given the armed forces "complete operational freedom" to respond to the Pahalgam terror attack during a high-level security meeting on Tuesday, government sources said.A rattled Pakistan, fearing Indian retaliation, has claimed that India will soon launch a military strike on the neighbouring country. Islamabad said it was ready to respond to what it called any "misadventure" or "aggression" from New Delhi.
