India, Dec. 2 -- By Ayushi Agarwal

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Ahead of Russian President's Vladimir Putin's India visit, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Co-chair of the India-Russia Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation Denis Manturov said Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to India marks a "return to the tradition of annual high-level summits," describing it as a major step toward deepening the strategic partnership between the two countries.

"This will be President Putin's first visit to India in a long period," Manturov said during an exclusive interview with ANI, adding that both sides had "thoroughly prepared the agenda" to ensure the m...