‘Time-Tested’ India-Russia Relations: Foreign Ministers Meet

NEW DELHI: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar have discussed the whole gamut of ties, as the two countries wind up for the President Putin-Prime Minister Modi annual summit, which was postponed last year. The S-400 air defence system deal and the possibility of “additional” production of Russian military equipment in India was discussed as was the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan, Iran, energy, connectivity and trade. On ‘The Gist’, Dr Maxim A. Suchkov, Director, Centre for Advanced American Studies and Associate Professor, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) and StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi discuss where relations have evolved to and where they’re headed in a changing geopolitical landscape.