Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and informed him that he would not be able to participate in the G-20 summit in Delhi on September 9 and 10.
The news came days after a Kremlin spokesperson said that Mr. Putin was unlikely to attend the summit as he was focused on the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
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