India attaches `highest importance` to ties with Russia |
India attaches the “highest importance” to its relations with Russia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, as she conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral ties ahead of President Vladimir Putin`s planned visit to New Delhi early october. Swaraj, who is visiting Russia for the third time in 11 months, called on Russia`s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov and two leaders co-chaired the 23rd India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific Technical and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) meeting. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the two men Britain suspects of poisoning Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, were ordinary citizens with nothing special about them. Russia knows the real identity behind their aliases, he said. Swaraj, in a statement after the meeting said: “India and Russia enjoy a special and privileged strategic partnership. This partnership has strengthened over time and covers a vast agenda involving almost all sphere of human activity. India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Russia”. President Putin is expected to visit India for the summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She is confident that our deliberations today will further strengthen our cooperation with Russia in all fields in existing and new areas of cooperation, she said.
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