Russian President Putin says will continue fertiliser supplies to India

Ahead of Putin’s India visit, Jaishankar delivers PM Modi’s message as Russia assures continued fertiliser suppliesNEW DELHI: Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India next month, external affairs minister S Jaishankar called on the President and handed over a personal message from PM Narendra Modi to him. Putin committed to continuing fertiliser supplies to India in the meeting.The minister said he briefed him about the "very productive" meeting of the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation and also discussed important regional and global issues with the President.Modi and Putin will meet on the margins of the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan on Aug 31-Sept 1 before Putin travels to India for the BRIC