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After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] issued the following statement:

After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] issued the following statement:

{{quotebox-float|"The relationship between India and Russia has deepened manifold. We also value this relationship because we have been such friends who have been with each other every moment for the last several decades. And the whole world also knows how Russia's relationship with India has been, and how India's relationship with Russia has been. And therefore the world also knows that it is an unbreakable friendship, our world, unbreakable friendship.

{{quotebox-float|"The relationship between India and Russia has deepened manifold. We also value this relationship because we have been such friends who have been with each other every moment for the last several decades and the whole world also knows how Russia's relationship with India has been and how India’s relationship with Russia has been and therefore the world also knows that it is an unbreakable friendship.  

Personally speaking, in a way the journey for both of us started at the same time. I first met you [Mr. Putin] when you were working as the head of the Russian government, and I had started working as head of the state government. Today it has been 22 years. Our friendship is constantly growing. We are constantly working together for the betterment of this region, for the well-being of the people. Today, at the SCO Summit, I am very grateful to you for all the feelings that you have expressed for India."<ref>https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1859972</ref>}}

Personally speaking, in a way, the journey for both of us started at the same time. I first met you [Mr. Putin] in 2001, when you were working as the head of the government and I had started working as head of the state government. Today, it has been 22 years, our friendship is constantly growing, we are constantly working together for the betterment of this region, for the well-being of the people. Today, at the SCO Summit, I am very grateful to you for all the feelings that you have expressed for India."<ref>https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1859972</ref>}}

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