Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday had a “good dialog” during which they mentioned a variety of facets associated to the “particular and privileged strategic partnership” between the 2 international locations.
In a publish on X, Modi stated he and Putin additionally agreed to chalk out a roadmap for future initiatives.
“Had a very good dialog with President Putin. We mentioned numerous optimistic developments in our Particular & Privileged Strategic Partnership and agreed to chalk out a roadmap for future initiatives. We additionally had a helpful change of views on numerous regional and world points, together with Russia’s Presidency of the BRICS,” the PM stated.
Subsequently, a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Workplace stated the 2 leaders reviewed progress on numerous problems with bilateral cooperation as a follow-up to current high-level exchanges between the 2 international locations.
“They positively assessed the developments in bilateral relations,” it stated, including that the PM conveyed to Putin his finest needs for Russia’s Presidency of BRICS in 2024 and warranted him of India’s full assist. The 2 leaders agreed to stay in contact, it stated.
Had a very good dialog with President Putin. We mentioned numerous optimistic developments in our Particular & Privileged Strategic Partnership and agreed to chalk out a roadmap for future initiatives. We additionally had a helpful change of views on numerous regional and world points,…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 15, 2024
The official readout by the Kremlin of the telephone dialog additionally known as the ties between India and Russia “a very privileged strategic partnership”. It added: “The achievements in sensible cooperation in such areas as commerce, financial, scientific and technical cooperation, vitality, transport and logistics, and cooperation within the Russian Far East have been famous with satisfaction.”
Putin and Modi expressed curiosity in additional intensifying mutually helpful bilateral ties and wished one another success within the upcoming elections — presidential in Russia and parliamentary in India, the Russian assertion stated.
Each leaders emphasised their “readiness to carefully coordinate their approaches to the BRICS agenda”, it stated, including that “India intends to assist implement the objectives and goals of Russia’s chairmanship”.
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“The leaders additionally touched on a number of different worldwide points, together with the state of affairs round Ukraine,” it added. The Russia-Ukraine struggle has been occurring for shut to 2 years now, with no indicators of relenting.
The telephone name between the 2 leaders comes a day after a gathering of the nationwide safety advisors of virtually 80 international locations in Davos to debate a peace system for Ukraine, with host Switzerland asserting that India can play a key position leveraging its affect with Russia. India was represented on the meet by its Deputy NSA Vikram Misri.
The assembly additionally noticed many contributors echoing India’s place that struggle can by no means be an answer and that dialogue was a should to resolve the state of affairs. Throughout his conversations with Putin, Modi has stated that it isn’t a time of struggle.
Swiss Overseas Minister Ignazio Cassis stated participation from BRICS international locations, together with India, is essential, as these are international locations which have gotten some relations persevering with with Russia. He additionally lauded the place taken by international locations like India, saying their actions are facilitating this collective motion.
Final month, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had made a five-day go to to Russia. After their assembly, Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov had praised India for taking a “accountable strategy” to discussing geo-political hotspots like Ukraine. Jaishankar had stated that India-Russia relations stay “very regular, very robust” and are primarily based on “strategic convergence”, “geopolitical pursuits” and are “mutually helpful”.
Days after getting back from Russia, Jaishankar additionally spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and mentioned the continuing Russia-Ukraine battle. Kuleba stated he knowledgeable his Indian counterpart about “Russia’s current escalation of terror and mass air assaults, which prompted civilian struggling and destruction”.
India and Russia have an annual summit on the leaders’ degree, the place the Indian Prime Minister and the Russian President go to one another’s nation each alternate 12 months. Nevertheless, after the struggle in Ukraine broke out, Modi didn’t journey to Russia for the annual summit in 2022, and Putin couldn’t come for the G20 summit in Delhi in September final 12 months.
Whereas it’s Modi’s flip to go to Russia for the annual summit, the go to didn’t happen final 12 months. No causes have been cited up to now, and “scheduling” has been the important thing problem, sources stated. The final summit was held on December 6, 2021 in Delhi, throughout Putin’s go to.
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