VIENNA, India on Wednesday dismissed as "factually incorrect" reports about differences with Russia over the Ukraine issue, leading to a large delegation-level meeting during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Moscow. Had to be cancelled.
"As per my knowledge, no special events have been canceled during the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow," Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said at a media briefing here.
He was responding to a question about some disagreements in Moscow that apparently led to the cancellation of a session.
"I actually find it surprising but there are no facts in this factually incorrect, quite misleading (report). In fact, the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow was extremely successful," he said.
In fact, the discussion between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin actually went well beyond the time allotted by both sides. “And no programs of any kind were cancelled,” he said.
Earlier, Russia's state-run Tass news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Prime Minister Modi and President Putin decided to keep things intimate at their Tuesday meeting in Moscow, citing the need for a larger breakout session. Without covering all topics productively.
When asked why the meeting with larger delegations was not held after the talks between the two leaders, Peskov explained that it was not because of some problems, but because the talks between Putin and Modi lasted for more than three hours (and ) was attended by officials. In charge of "almost all major areas of [bilateral] cooperation".
"As per my knowledge, no special events have been canceled during the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow," Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said at a media briefing here.
He was responding to a question about some disagreements in Moscow that apparently led to the cancellation of a session.
"I actually find it surprising but there are no facts in this factually incorrect, quite misleading (report). In fact, the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow was extremely successful," he said.
In fact, the discussion between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin actually went well beyond the time allotted by both sides. “And no programs of any kind were cancelled,” he said.
Earlier, Russia's state-run Tass news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Prime Minister Modi and President Putin decided to keep things intimate at their Tuesday meeting in Moscow, citing the need for a larger breakout session. Without covering all topics productively.
When asked why the meeting with larger delegations was not held after the talks between the two leaders, Peskov explained that it was not because of some problems, but because the talks between Putin and Modi lasted for more than three hours (and ) was attended by officials. In charge of "almost all major areas of [bilateral] cooperation".