India, Dec. 5 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt in New Delhi on Friday, ahead of his summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A video of the ceremonial welcome went viral on social media, which showed Putin receiving a guard of honour. He stood under a ceremonial tent as a military band played its tune and the commander offered his salute.

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Putin then walked on the red carpet and inspected the guard of honour as the band continued playing military tunes. Watch the video here:

Apart from President Droupadi Murmu and PM Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena...