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India, Russia should diversify trade basket by going beyond traditional sectors: Shringla
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Addressing a meeting hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Shringla said India-Russia trade, amounting to USD 10.11 billion in FY 2019-2020, is far below the potential.
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One of the steps taken to enhance trade is the commencement of negotiations in August 2020 for the India- Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement, Shringla said.
India and Russia should diversify their trade basket and economic exchanges by going beyond the traditional sectors and cooperating in new areas like railways, transport and logistics, pharmaceuticals, minerals and steel that will add momentum to the bilateral ties, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.
Moscow [Russia], February 18 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov in Moscow and held political consultations on a wide range of issues pertaining to the bilateral ties, including the schedule of the upcoming political contacts.
Foreign secretary Shringla discusses ways to strengthen strategic partnership with Russian minister
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He extended Lavrov invitation on behalf of S Jaishankar to visit India
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Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed the development of a special and privileged partnership between the two countries. They discussed the wide-ranging Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia and ways to further strengthen it, said the Indian Embassy in Moscow in a tweet.
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Shringla later said the Russian Foreign Minister emphasised the importance he attaches to the special privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia.