India-Russia Ties Among Steadiest In The World: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Jaishankar will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Friday and hold talks on bilateral cooperation at various multilateral forums.

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar on Thursday said the relationship between India and Russia has been among the steadiest in the world and called for constant nurturing of the bilateral ties that have remained strong years after the Second World War. Speaking on "India-Russia ties in a changing world" at an international institute in Moscow, Mr Jaishankar said, "There is no doubt the relations between India and Russia have been among the steadiest of the major relationships in the world after the Second World War." On the changes witnessed in the India-Russia bilateral relations, the minister said they have undergone many changes, but the "logic of geopolitics" has remained compelling. "But at the end of the day, the logic of geopolitics was so compelling that we barely remember these, even as minor aberrations. The undeniable reality of the exceptional resilience of our ties is surely a phenomenon that is worth analysing," he added.