Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia next month, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said that the Indian Prime Minister’s visit was being prepared but did not commit to a date. Mr Ushakov said the date will be announced jointly later.

However, there is no confirmation by the Indian side on the possible visit by PM Modi, who last visited Russia in 2019.

The visit is being planned for the annual India-Russia summit.

Putin was sworn-in as the President of Russia for the fifth consecutive time in May this year, while Narendra Modi too took the oath as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on June 9.

If the visit takes place, it will be PM Modi’s first trip to Russia since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Last week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said two more Indian nationals serving with the Russian Army were killed in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, taking the number of such deaths to four.