Russia-India ties will expand notwithstanding Delhi’s growing ties with other powers: Experts
Modi 3.0 government, said eminent experts and diplomats at a conference here.
“Russia will continue to be an important partner for India. There will be a summit meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin in 2024,” Kanwal Sibal, India’s former ambassador to Russia and Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), said at a conference held at JNU.
The last annual summit between the leaders of India and Russia was held in New Delhi in December 2021.
Sibal stressed in his address that Russia would continue to remain «important» for New Delhi in the next five years. «Russia has begun to value partnership with India in a much bigger way than it used to be the case before. Earlier, there was a sense that it is India which needs Russia more,» stated Sibal, who's also served as Foreign Secretary.
«There is a genuine desire on both the Indian and Russian side to increase trade and investment ties,» underscored Sibal.
Looking ahead, Sibal said while India’s relations with Russia will grow in the next five years, India might begin to push back the US’ tendency to lecture.
The National Symposium on “New Directions in India’s Foreign Policy — Modi 3.0” was organized by the Centre for Global India Insights (CGII), a think tank focused on global affairs, and India Futures at the School of International Studies, JNU, on Friday.
“Relations with three major poles of the world — US, Russia and Europe – will continue to expand on separate trajectories,” said Manish Chand, CEO, Centre for Global India Insights, the
