Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded India’s development story for the second time inside every week, describing Indians as “very talented” and “purposeful” who will assist the nation obtain glorious leads to its improvement.
Speaking at a gathering marking the tenth anniversary of the Russian Historical Society on National Unity Day on Friday, Putin stated: “Let’s take a look at India. Very talented people, purposeful, for such a campaign for internal development. Together, we will definitely achieve excellent results. India will achieve excellent results in its development.”
Just earlier than this got here Putin’s remark External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s go to to Moscow on seventh and eighth November.
He additionally spoke about colonialism and the civilization and tradition of Russia.
Last week, Putin talked about Russia’s particular relations with India. “We have a particular relationship with India that has been constructed on the muse of actually shut cooperative ties over the many years. We have by no means had conflicts with India, we now have all the time supported one another and I’m optimistic that would be the case sooner or later as nicely. Will stay the identical
Putin additionally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pursuing an “independent foreign policy”.
Russia, which has stood the check of time for India, has been a key pillar of New Delhi’s overseas coverage.
While the West has showered sanctions towards Russia because of Ukraine’s aggression, India has elevated imports of backed crude from the nation over the previous few months.
India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has maintained that the disaster must be resolved by way of diplomacy and dialogue. But in a bilateral assembly with Putin within the Uzbek metropolis of Samarkand on September 16, Modi informed him that “today’s era is not of war”.
(with inputs from PTI)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
