India, Sept. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a warm hug as they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China.

PM Modi shared two pictures with President Putin, one of them showing the two leaders interacting, and the other showing them hugging each other. Sharing the pictures, PM Modi tweeted: "Always a delight to meet President Putin!"

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The visibly delightful meet and greet between the two leaders comes amid US President Donald Trump's sweeping 50% tariffs on Indian imports, half of them imposed as a penalty for doing business with Russia.

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