India-Russia ties News

At a separate meeting on issues relating to the United Nations, Russia reiterated its support for India as a permanent member of a reformed UN Security Council.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the Russian President to visit India when the two leaders held summit talks in Moscow in July. 

Addressing the Ukraine conflict, PM Modi reiterated India's stance on peace, stating, "I have been in constant touch with you on the subject of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine."

PM Modi will attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 22-23, where he may meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "In July, when our Prime Minister travelled to Russia, he also took up the matter with President Putin. And since the Prime Minister's visit, 35 Indian nationals have been discharged. Prior to July, his visit, 10 Indian nationals had been discharged. So 45 Indian nationals have been discharged so far."

Following recent remarks by top American diplomat Donald Lu expressing disappointment over Prime Minister Modi's visit to Russia, Washington has been having "tough conversations" with New Delhi.

EAM S Jaishankar said that PM Modi had sent a letter to Putin expressing thoughts on the state of cooperation and recent progress between India and Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' campaign has had a "truly impressive effect" on the country's economy

Ajit Doval on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow The two held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral and regional issues Doval began his two-day visit to Russia on Wednesday

"We see prospective of making Security Council more democratic via representation of countries from Africa, Asia & Latin America. India and Brazil, in particular, are key international actors and should be counted for permanent membership in the council," said Sergey Lavrov. 

PM Modi addressed the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia He said that India is keen to strengthen its partnership with Russia on Arctic subjects He also emphasised the need to adopt the path of diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war

The United States would prefer India to move away from its long-term history of non-alignment G77 partnership with Russia, the Biden Administration has told lawmakers.

At a media briefing, Bagchi said India has been very open about its engagement with Russia and even cited continuing procurement of crude oil from Russia by Europe.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday

India has avoided condemning Russian actions in Ukraine and abstained in U.N. Security Council votes on the issue.

Ned Price made the observations when asked by a reporter at his briefing about President Joe Biden`s statement on Monday that among the Quad partners India was "shaky" in isolating Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

The US diplomat said that the Biden administration is yet to decide on applying sanctions on India under CAATSA The senior American diplomat said it is going to be very hard for any country to buy major weapon systems from Russia Sweeping sanctions have now been placed on Russian banks

While the international community continues to take measures to put pressure and further isolate Russia, India has been treading cautiously on the Russia-Ukraine crisis mainly due to its age-old ties with Moscow.

Moscow will continue to develop ties with New Delhi, Russian FM Lavrov said. Defence and space are main pillers of partnership between India and Russia.

Putin invited Modi to participate in the 22nd Russian-Indian Summit Putin-Modi last met in BRICS summit in 2019