Upon his arrival at the hotel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome from a group of people who chanted “Hare Krishna.”

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I also look forward to meeting various leaders there," he said. In a slightly longer press release, Modi also made reference to his visit to Moscow in July this year and said he hoped to further deepen bilateral ties.