New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi airport this evening. Before both headed out in the same car, the two leaders shook hands, hugged each other and exchanged greetings.

PM Modi and Putin will share a private dinner later tonight. While official details are not available, the dinner is being hosted by PM Modi at his official home.

The two leaders left the airport in the same car, a Toyota Fortuner, that PM Modi uses.

In September, Putin had offered a ride to PM Modi in his official car during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China.

That car ride together at the SCO was a visual statement at a time when US President Donald Trump announced a tariff onslaught against New Delhi's oil trade with Moscow.