As Russia announced a “special military operation” in the Donbass region of Ukraine amid international condemnation and sanctions, the Russian Charge d’Affaires Roman Babushkin expressed hope that the partnership between India and Russia will continue regardless of the ongoing situation in Ukraine.
India is Russia’s biggest customer when it comes to high-tech weaponry and as tension mounts in Ukraine, India must now carefully maintain balance as Babushkin said, “We hope our partnership will continue further at the same level which we are enjoying today. With India, we have a very strong, long, trusted and deep cooperation,” he said, adding that “Russia remains the only country which is honest to sharing sophisticated technologies with India”.
referring to the Russian-Indian bilateral summit held in December last year, he said, “We’ve signed the programme for 10 years of cooperation in the defence area. We have a lot of big projects in the pipeline and we have full confidence that all our plans will be successfully implemented.”
“Defence cooperation between two nations is a strong factor of international peace and stability and to the full extent reflects the national interest of both countries,” he said.
Meanwhile, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti said “The immediate priority is de-escalation of tensions taking into account the legitimate security interests of all countries for securing long-term peace and stability in the region and beyond,”.
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