Samarkand, Sep 16 (IANS) Top state leader Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the sidelines of SCO highest point on Friday.

“The present period isn’t of war and I’ve addressed you about it on the call. Today we’ll get the chance to discuss how might we progress on the way of harmony. India-Russia have remained together for quite a long time,” he said in his gathering with the Russian chief.

They likewise examined two-sided issues and exchange.

President Putin likewise stretched out his all the best to Modi in front of his birthday on Saturday.

After his gathering with Erdogan, he tweeted: “Met President @RTErdoganAand surveyed the full scope of reciprocal relations among India and Turkey including ways of extending financial linkages to assist our kin”.

Had a wonderful meeting with President Putin. We got the opportunity to discuss furthering India-Russia cooperation in sectors such as trade, energy, defence and more. We also discussed other bilateral and global issues.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 16, 2022

The MEA said that the pioneers explored respective relations and valued ongoing additions in reciprocal exchange. Additionally trading sees on territorial and worldwide turns of events, they likewise talked about ways of extending respective participation in assorted areas.