New DelhiRussia and India stand for the creation of a “more just” and “multicentre” world order and the two sides demonstrated a closeness of positions on the most pressing issues, Moscow said on Monday, a day ahead of talks between foreign ministers. Told. two countries. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is starting a two-day visit to Russia this evening amid growing global concerns over the escalating hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.
In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Jaishankar and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in their talks, would focus on trade and investment, the use of national currencies for trade, “promising projects” in the energy sector and the formation of a security architecture . Asia Pacific region. “Russia and India stand for the active formation of a more just and equitable multicentre world order, and move from the inability to promote imperialist decrees on a global scale,” it said.
“The two countries demonstrate the closeness of positions on the most pressing issues and stand for their adherence to the universally recognized norms of international law enshrined in the UN Charter,” the ministry said. It further added: “Our aim is to promote a unified agenda and to build a constructive dialogue in the field of interstate relations.” The Russian Foreign Ministry said Jaishankar and Lavrov will also discuss ways to “step forward joint work” in key areas and compare notes on upcoming contacts.
“The talks will focus on trade and investment, transport and logistics, the use of national currencies in mutual settlements, as well as promising projects in the energy sector, especially in the Arctic Shelf and the Russian Far East,” it said.
The ministry said the two ministers will exchange assessments of current international issues with an emphasis on dialogue within the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the G20 and the Russia-India-China trilateral.
“The ministers will also discuss a number of regional issues including India’s presidency in the SCO, efforts to fight terrorism as well as the formation of a security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, the situation around the Iranian nuclear problem, the state of Afghanistan, Syria and of cases in Ukraine,” it said.
Announcing Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow last week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said issues related to bilateral economic cooperation in various fields would be discussed. Jaishankar will also hold talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov. In the past few months, India has increased imports of subsidized crude from Russia despite growing unease over it by several Western powers.
Jaishankar and Lavrov have met four times since the Ukraine conflict began in February. Since the start of the Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky several times. In a phone conversation with Zelensky on October 4, Modi said that “there can be no military solution” and that India is ready to contribute to any peace effort.
In a bilateral meeting with Putin in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on September 16, Modi told him that “today’s era is not of war”. The crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.