Jaishankar meets Deputy PM Denis Manturov Tuesday & Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Wednesday. Agreement for cooperation in medical domain signed as well as India-Russia look to deepen ties.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on a 5-day visit to Russia and is set to discuss various bilateral, global issues with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Speaking at the Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue, Sarbananda Sonowal says India also plans to expand inland water transportation to give a leg-up to regional partnerships.
Imbalance in Russia-India trade & US sanctions have meant Russia is accumulating rupees it can’t use. At stake could be a significant part of India’s imports from Russia.
During a conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday, Jaishankar said that Russia’s relationship with Europe and the West has been 'severely disrupted'.
In January-May this year, Belarusian roubles accounted for 43% of VTB's soft currency cross-border transfers, followed by the Kazakh tenge with 39% and the yuan with 14%.
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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