updated: Apr 06 2021, 22:43 ist
Russia on Tuesday tacitly nudged India to stay away from any move by the United States to turn the Quad into a NATO-like military alliance in order to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region.
Moscow dismissed speculation about a Russia-China military alliance. It, however, also indicated that it was aware of similar speculation about India, Japan, Australia and the United States turning the Quad into a NATO-like entity for Asia. After a meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow and New Delhi shared “a common stance” that such military alliances would be “counterproductive”.
Russia assures India; says no to military alliance with China
Sun Online Desk
8th April, 2021 04:36:15
Russia on Tuesday ruled out any military alliance with China and assured that Moscow will continue to supply military equipment to India besides reiterating that Moscow will continue to back New Delhi’s position on Kashmir and Pakistan related issues.
The statement on China and stand on Pakistan are significant amid the India-China disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and ahead of Russian Foreign Minister’s trip to Islamabad.
ET had reported on Monday that Indian perspective on China will be key element at the Indo-Russian Foreign Minister level dialogue here on Tuesday that took place close on the heels of the Russian Foreign Minister’s China trip. It may be recalled that Russia was engaged with backchannel diplomacy last year to defuse tensions between Delhi and Beijing following the Galwan standoff even as Moscow continued to supply defence equi
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Jaishankar clears viewpoint on Indo-Pacific
Jaishankar clears viewpoint on Indo-Pacific
PTI / Updated: Apr 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
Discusses long-standing partnership in nuclear, space and defence sectors with his Russian counterpart
NEWDELHI With a focus on preparations for the annual India-Russia summit,
External Affairs Minister S
Lavrov on Tuesday held wide-ranging talks during which New Delhi shared its viewpoint on the
Indo-Pacific.
Addressing a joint press event after his talks with Jaishankar, Lavrov dismissed suggestions of any future military alliance between Russia and China. “By the way, we have heard speculation about pro-military alliances not only with respect to Russia and China relations, we have also heard about such alliances allegedly being promoted such as Middle East-NATO, Asia-NATO. Today we exchanged views on this and our Indian friends have the same position as we. We believe that this is
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