India, Aug. 29 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss "preparation for the December visit" to India during the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in China, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov has said.

The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Monday.

Putin's visit to India in December comes amid growing ties between the two countries and after the US imposed tariffs on New Dehli over its purchases of Russian oil.

"Preparations for our president's upcoming visit to India at the very end of the year, in December, will be discussed," Sputnik quoted Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov as saying.

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