Why Russia is no longer a strategic ally for India in new bipolar world led by US and China
In episode 720 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains why Russian FM’s visit to India underlines radical shift in strategic balance for New Delhi.
ThePrint Team 9 April, 2021 4:56 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Russia is no longer a strategic ally for India as underlined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to New Delhi earlier this week, said ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in episode 720 of ‘Cut the Clutter’ Thursday.
Lavrov arrived in New Delhi Monday and held talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar about defence cooperation among other aspects of bilateral ties. He also laid the groundwork for a bilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the national capital, later this year.
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New Delhi responds to Russian minister’s visit to Islamabad.
Two days after the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, India on Thursday reiterated that the “time tested ties” with Moscow were not dependent on third parties. India’s comments were prompted over reports that suggested growing military ties between Russia and Pakistan.
“The visit of the Russian Foreign Minister was a good opportunity to review and renew our special and privileged partnership. A broad range of issues were discussed. India’s close, time-tested and strategic relations with Russia stand on their own merit and are not influenced by relations with other countries,” said Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs in response to a question.
US to help India achieve 450 GW green energy goal: Kerry
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New Delhi, April 9 : US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry has welcomed India s ambitious goal of generating 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 and said that Washington will help New Delhi achieve it by helping mobilise international funding.
Rounding up a three-day visit to India on Thursday, Kerry told reporters: That s a terrific goal, we think that s a powerful goal, and we want to make sure that we re facilitating the ability to reach that goal .
US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry has welcomed India s ambitious goal of generating 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 and said that Washington will help New Delhi achieve it by helping mobilise international funding. Rounding up a three-day visit to India on Thursday, Kerry told reporters: That s a terrific goal, we think that s a powerful goal, and we want to make sure that we re facilitating the ability to reach that goal . Kerry said that s part of the partnership that we reached in discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Indian leaders Last year, Modi set the target of 450 GW green energy by 2030 as India, which now heavily coal-dependent marches towards an ultimate goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions.