Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend the G-8 meeting to be held in St Petersburg, Russia, in July this year.
Dr Singh, during a telephonic conversion with Putin late Saturday night, accepted the invitation to participate in the meeting.
"The prime minister conveyed his acceptance of President Putin's invitation to participate in a broader dialogue with the G-8 at St Petersburg during his 20-minute telephonic talk," a prime minister's office spokesman said.