National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky palace in St Petersburg on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
Doval, it is said, was on a dual mission -- to meet Putin for Russia-Ukraine peace and to speak to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control before next month's BRICS meeting.
IMAGE: Putin exchanges greetings with Doval. Photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: The Russian leader in conversation with Doval.
IMAGE: Both men spent most of their careers in their nations' intelligence services before they ascended to bigger roles -- Doval in the Intelligence Bureau; Putin in the KGB.
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