Moscow: India's National Security Adviser M K Narayanan arrived here today(Jan 11, 2007) to finalise the agenda for the Indo-Russian summit during President Vladimir Putin's New Delhi visit later this month.

During his one-day visit Narayanan is scheduled to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on key issues to be discussed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Putin on January 25.

Putin is scheduled to reach New Delhi on January 24 on a three-day visit and would be the special guest at the Republic Day celebrations.

Diplomats here are attaching special importance to Narayanan's talks with Sergei Ivanov, Kremlin's pointman on sensitive issues including nuclear, defence and space cooperation with India.