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Modi meets Turkish President Erdogan

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Last Updated : Jul 27 2018 | 7:00 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit here and congratulated him on his re-election.

Earlier in the day, Modi met Russian President Valdimir Putin and also held bilateral meetings with the presidents of Argentina and Angola.

"The last engagement in Johannesburg! PM @narendramodi met the Turkish President Recep Erdogan on the sidelines of #BRICSSummit2018," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

"PM congratulated President Erdogan on his re-election as the President. #IndiaatBRICS," he said.

Erdogan, 64, was re-elected for a new five-year term in June after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll.

Kumar also shared two photographs of Modi's meeting with the Turkish President.

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First Published: Jul 27 2018 | 7:00 PM IST

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