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India-Russia Trusted Partnership
INDO-RUSSIA RELATIONS

ON UPPER TRAJECTORY

28 agreements

signed between
two countries

Russia and India want to take
two-way investment to $50
billion and trade beyond $30
billion by 2025. 28 agreements
have been signed during this visit
of President Putin.
The two countries have
covered many issues ranging
from connectivity to military
cooperation, energy partnership
to partnership in the space
sector.
After independence, when India was trying to keep pace with There were also 2+2 talks
the rest of the world, Russia emerged as one of its most between Defense Minister
trusted friends. This friendship has further cemented under Rajnath Singh and External
the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The depth Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
of Indo-Russian bonding can be gauged from the fact that with Russian Foreign Minister
the one-day visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India Sergei Lavrov and Defense
on 6 December was just his second visit abroad amidst the Minister Sergey Shoygu.
Covid pandemic in the last two years. On the one hand, it was agreed
to take forward the plan of
he December 6, meeting between Russian President the International North-South
Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Transport Corridor. At the same
time, both sides also agreed
TNew Delhi gave a further boost to the bilateral relations. to expedite the work on the
Putin had not attended the G20 summit in Rome and COP- maritime corridor connecting
26 Conference on Environment and Climate in Glasgow. He Chennai in India to Vladivostok in
also had to visit China but Putin did not go there either, but by Russia soon.
participating in the 21st India-Russia summit, he gave a strong India and Russia have decided
message of the special relationship between the two countries. to extend their military and
technical cooperation agreement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “There have been many for another 10 years.
fundamental changes at the global level in the last several Both countries also agreed that
decades. A lot of geopolitical equations have emerged. But the use of Afghanistan's land
India-Russia friendship has been a constant among all these for terrorism cannot be allowed
variables. Both the countries have not only cooperated with at all. In the joint statement,
each other without any hesitation but have also taken special the two countries also pledged
to take united action against
care of each other's sensitivities. It is truly a unique and reliable organizations like Al Qaeda, ISIS,
model of inter-state friendship." and Lashkar-e-Toiba.

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