PM Modi, Xi Jinping responsible leaders, can solve Sino-India issues: Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin also said it was important that no "extra-regional power" should interfere between India and China, a veiled reference to the Chinese claim that the Quad group is to contain Beijing's influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

Asserting that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are "responsible" leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said they both are capable of solving issues between the two countries, and that it was important that no "extra-regional power" should interfere in the process. With Russia publicly critical of the Quad, the four-nation grouping of India, the US, Japan and Australia, Putin also told PTI that though it was not up to Moscow to assess how any nation should participate in an initiative and to what extent they should build their relations with other countries but no partnership should be aimed at making friends against anyone. The Russian president's remarks, in response to a question on Moscow's view on Quad as well as India's participation in the grouping, were a veiled reference to the Chinese claim that the grouping is to contain Beijing's influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.