Jaishankar’s Russia visit provided opportunity to further strengthen special and privileged strategic partnership: MEA
| 2023-12-30
EAM S Jaishankar shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 27
EAM Jaishankar was in Russia from December 25 to 29, during which he called on President Vladimir Putin
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s five-day visit to Russia provided an opportunity to review ongoing bilateral cooperation and consider ways to further strengthen the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday.
“India-Russia relations have remained strong and steady building upon strategic convergences, geopolitical interests, and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries,” the Ministry said.
Jaishankar was in Russia from December 25 to 29, 2023, during which he called on President Vladimir Putin and held discussions with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov.
The EAM had a comprehensive exchange of views on bilateral cooperation in trade and economic, energy, defence, connectivity, cultural and people to people exchanges, and cooperation between regions of the two countries.
He also shared perspectives on global and regional developments including multilateral cooperation, the Ministry added.
Three documents relating to the KudanKulam Nuclear Power Plants, an MoU on cooperation in pharmaceuticals and healthcare and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations were signed during the visit.
He interacted with Russian think-tanks, academics and exchanged views on Indian foreign policy perspectives as well as Russia-India relations.
The rich contribution of cultural ties and people-to-people exchanges in enhancing the goodwill and friendship between India and Russia was reflected in the EAM’s interaction with the Indian Diaspora in Moscow.
In Saint Petersburg, EAM Jaishankar met Governor Alexander Beglov and discussed possibilities of cooperation in the economic and cultural field. He had a discussion with a diverse cross section of Indologists at the Saint Petersburg University.
Views were exchanged on how to enhance a better direct understanding and appreciation of developments in the two countries. He also interacted with teachers and students at School No. 653 named after Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a premier Russian government school which teaches Hindi as part of its regular curriculum, the MEA added.
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