India, Sept. 10 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in India early Friday on a three-day visit during which he will attend the 18th BRICS Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Thursday.

Putin will address the plenary session of the annual BRICS Business Forum on Friday, an event that traditionally precedes the summit and provides a platform for dialogue among business representatives from BRICS countries, Ushakov said, according to state-run TASS.

The Russian president will also meet Modi bilaterally and join him for a visit to the Innoprom exhibition, organised by the Ministries of Industry and Trade of the two countries.

The main BRICS Summit programme wil...