NSA Doval Meets Putin, Russian President Proposes Meeting With PM Modi

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS National Security Advisers' meeting. The two were seen exchanging a handshake in a picture shared on X by the Russian Embassy in India. NSA Doval's visit to Russia comes two-and-a-half weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's historic visit to Ukraine. In his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , PM Modi said both Ukraine and Russia should sit together to end the ongoing war and that India was ready to play an "active role" to restore peace in the region. Sources had said that Mr Doval's visit to Russia would be aimed at resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He was reportedly carrying PM Modi's peace plan for President Putin. In the talks, the Russian leader expresse