Prime Minister to visit Russia on November 11-12

Moscow, Oct 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay a two-day working visit to Moscow, for the summit with President Vladimir Putin on November 11-12, RIA Novosti news agency reported today quoting Russia's Security Council.

Valentin Sobolev, Russia's Security Council secretary, currently on a working visit to New Delhi, held meetings with a number of officials, including National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and officials from Foreign, Defence and Home Ministries, it said.

The Security Council's press office said that Singh had received Sobolev earlier in the day. ''During meetings and consultations, the sides discussed bilateral cooperation issues, including Singh's coming visit to Moscow on November 11-12,'' the source said.

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