Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip an annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, ET Now reported on Friday citing agencies.

A spokesperson for India’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Modi and Putin met in September on the sidelines of a regional security bloc summit in Uzbekistan and have spoken on the phone a number of times this year, including on the subject of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Putin visited New Delhi in December last year for the 21st India–Russia annual summit.