India, Russia see deeper relationship

Russian President Vladimir Putin's confir of his country's highest civilian Honor on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a recent Summit in Moscow showcased the commitment made by the two leaders to enhance their ties the foundation you set for a strategic partnership between the two countries has over time become stronger and blossomed India's effort to keep ties on track is driven partly by the decades old dependence of the world's second largest military on Russian weapons despite attempts at diversification uh that uh India Still Remains very much uh a country that is uh inth of Russian weaponry and that you know Russian technology Russian weapon systems uh pose a legacy issue as far as India's defense policy is concerned and it's unlikely to change any time soon so I think India will have to continue to keep Russia in Good Humor New Delhi which has not joined Western countries in isolating Russia for its invasion of Ukraine pledged to increase bilateral trade to 100 billion by 2030 India hopes that strengthening military and economic ties will help reduce Russia's growing Reliance on India's rival China which poses a geostrategic challenge for New Delhi Russia and China of course have taken their relationship to another level and I think there are concerns in India that if this relationship continues it might significantly alter India's national security calculus and that's something that India certainly uh does not want to happen India has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine but in Moscow Modi urged a resolution through dialogue calling the deaths of children heart-wrenching on the battlefield it is not possible to find Solutions am made bombs guns and bullets peace talks cannot succeed those remarks were seen as an effort to balance India's failure to join the United States in criticizing the conflict Washington's partnership is critical for New Delhi according to political analyst sunalp gurer us is also a major partner when it comes to technology with trade defense everything same with Russia uh so I think India needs both after more met Putin Washington said that all countries including India must support efforts to realize peace in Ukraine so we also believe India's long-standing relationship with Russia gives it the ability to urge the the president President Putin to end his brutal war and unprovoked war in Ukraine there is growing understanding in Western countries of why India is nurturing ties with Russia pun said the criticism from the West has also been more measured understanding the imperative that India at the end of the day is also looking at the Russia relationship through the China lens and not simply through the lens of the Russia Western conflict however balancing ties between the United States and Russia could become more challenging if the Ukraine conflict drags on Ana picha VA news New Delhi

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Published: Thu Jul 11 2024