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With first PM-Putin meeting in 2 years, India, Russia sign 28 deals: 10 points

December 6, 2021
Bharat Times

This is Vladimir Putin’s second foreign trip after the pandemic.

New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brief visit to India, saying it was a reflection of his commitment to relations with India. This is Mr. Putin’s second foreign visit since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

Here’s your 10-point cheatsheet for this big story:

  1. “Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, there has been no change in relations between India and Russia,” PM Modi said at the 21st India-Russia summit, which focused on several sectors with the aim of further enhancing the special and privileged strategic was covered. partnership between the two countries. The annual summit is held alternately in India and Russia. The two countries signed 28 agreements, which included government-to-government agreements in several areas.

  2. The Prime Minister said that the two countries also cooperated in the field of vaccines and humanitarian aid during the COVID pandemic. “You must be given credit for the strategic partnership between our countries for three decades,” PM Modi said during the summit, which held its inaugural “2+2” talks with the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries. Happened a few hours after that. An objective to broaden the scope of discussion on strategically important issues.

  3. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh took a dig at China in the “2+2” meeting with his Russian counterpart, accusing Beijing of unprovoked aggression, and said India is looking for “sensitive and responsive” partners.

  4. The Prime Minister also mentioned cooperation in the economic sector, under which both the countries are taking a long-term approach. “We need to encourage our business leaders to achieve the goals of this partnership,” he said.

  5. Referring to the emerging geopolitics and changing fundamentals in world politics, he said that India-Russia friendship has remained constant in the midst of all such changes. PM Modi said, ‘Both countries have helped each other and have also taken care of each other’s sensitivity.

  6. Mr Putin called India a “great power” and a “time-tested friend”. This summit is the first one between the two leaders meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia in 2019. The Russian President did not attend both the G20 and COP26 summits this year.

  7. Referring to bilateral trade, the Russian President said last year it had decreased by 17 per cent but this year it has increased by 30 per cent in the first nine months.

  8. “We are working on very promising areas, including energy and space. We are also working and cooperating in the areas of military and technology,” Mr. Putin said.

  9. The Russian president said the two countries would continue to cooperate on the global agenda. “We are naturally concerned about everything related to terrorism, terrorism financing and drug trafficking and so we are naturally concerned about the situation in Afghanistan,” he said.

  10. Stating that the two countries have conducted joint military exercises in both Indian and Russian territories, he said that Russia intends to work on the matter further.

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