The high-profile two-day visit of Russian Premier Vladimir Putin to India begins tomorrow. Arms and nuclear energy are expected to feature prominently in the trade deals to be signed between the two countries.

India is looking forward to reviving its bilateral trading ties with Saudi Arabia. India’s friendly gesture was received with equal fervor by the Gulf nation.

One piece of history shared by India and Bangladesh is the creator of their national anthems – Rabindranath Tagore. The Nobel Prize winning poet has managed to bring the two countries together on his 150th birth anniversary.

The visiting South Korean President Lee Myunk-bak will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday in a bid to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.