Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov has termed India-Russia relations as a privileged strategic partnership. He said that multi -faceted cooperation between the two countries has been intact for a long time. Lavarov said that recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin met during the SCO Summit (Tianjin) in China and Putin’s visit to New Delhi in December. He said that the India-Russia agenda is very widespread, including the forums like trade, defense, technical cooperation, finance, healthcare, AI, SCO and BRICS.
On the question of America’s pressure to buy Russian oil on India, Lavrov said that India-Russia Economic Partnership is not in danger. India selects its partners themselves. If the US has conditions to increase Indo-US trade, then India will consider it, but the decision on relations with the third country is India’s internal matter. He appreciated India’s independent foreign policy comparing Turki to self -esteem countries.
Russian support for Indian foreign policy and oil purchase
On the question asked by India on oil imports from Russia, Lavrov said that Russia fully respects India’s national interests. He appreciated the independent foreign policy of Prime Minister Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Lavarov said, “India is fully capable to decide to whom he bought. If the US wants to sell oil to India, then India can discuss the terms, but it is its sovereign decision what country it should buy from.
Importance of privileged strategic partnership
Lavarov said that relations between India and Russia are not a general partnership, but this privileged strategic partnership “. He also said that there is a regular exchange between India and Russia and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will visit Russia this year, while he himself will visit India.
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