🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

📍 Moscow, November 8, 2022

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Our countries are united by historical ties that represent mutual respect, self-sufficiency and immunity to the fluctuations of the geopolitical environment. We agreed that the strengthening of the Russia-India privileged and strategic partnership meets the vital interests of our nations and helps maintain international and regional security and stability. We praised our interaction in the world arena, including at the UN, BRICS, the SCO and the G20, as well as other multilateral platforms.

#SCO

🔹 As the SCO evolved, not only has it paid increasingly more attention to the issues of heading off and neutralising new challenges and threats, such as terrorism, extremism and separatism, but it has also capitalised on its comparative advantages.

#BRICS

🔹As an institution, BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – is equally useful, and we need it just as much. Interest in this global association is high and continues to grow. You mentioned several countries, including Algeria, Argentina and Iran, which are showing an interest in this format. In reality, there are over a dozen countries like this.

🤝 Before we give specific details as to how and when BRICS might expand, we, the five BRICS countries, have agreed to coordinate the criteria and principles that we should be guided by when considering applications. We have already received some official applications for membership. Given this, we expect the work on coordinating the criteria and principles that should underlie BRICS expansion to not take much time, but first, we need to understand how this association will continue to develop in a potentially expanded format.

📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Regional tracks of the foreign policy of Russia: Eurasia

❗️ A comprehensive deepening of ties & enhancement of coordination with friendly sovereign global centres of power & development, which are located on the Eurasian continent <...>, is particularly important for achieving strategic goals & major objectives of the foreign policy of Russia.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia aims at further strengthening the comprehensive partnership & the strategic cooperation with China and focuses on the development of a mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, provision of mutual assistance, & enhancement of coordination in the international arena to ensure security, stability & sustainable development at the global and regional levels, both in Eurasia and in other parts of the world. #RussiaChina

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India with a view to enhance & expand cooperation in all areas on a mutually beneficial basis & place special emphasis on increasing the volume of bilateral trade, strengthening investment and technological ties, & ensuring their resistance to destructive actions of unfriendly states & their alliances. #RussiaIndia

☝️ Russia seeks to transform Eurasia into a continental common space of peace, stability, mutual trust, development & prosperity.

Achieving this goal implies:

1) comprehensive strengthening of the #SCO's potential & role in ensuring security in Eurasia & promoting its sustainable development;

2) establishment of the broad Greater Eurasian Partnership integration contour by combining the potential of all the states, regional organizations and Eurasian associations, based on the #EAEU, the SCO & #ASEAN as well as the conjunction of the EAEU development plans & the Chinese initiative "One Belt One Road";

3) strengthening of the economic & transport interconnectivity in Eurasia;

4) comprehensive settlement in Afghanistan.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks.

📍 Cape Town, June 1, 2023

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 On June 30, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation.

In connection with the events of June 24, Narendra Modi expressed understanding and support of the resolute actions by the Russian leadership to protect law and order and ensure stability in the country and security of its people.

During the discussion of topical issues of bilateral cooperation, the Leaders noted the importance of further consistent implementation of large-scale joint projects in different areas and voiced their satisfaction over a tangible increase in trade in 2022 and the first quarter of the current year.

Special attention was paid to interaction in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the #G20, in which India is holding the rotating presidency this year, and in the BRICS format. In addition, Narendra Modi told Vladimir Putin about his international contacts, including his recent visit to Washington.

The situation around Ukraine was reviewed as well. The President of Russia gave his assessment of the current state of affairs in the zone of the special military operation. He emphasised Kiev’s categorical refusal to take political and diplomatic steps to settle the conflict.

The conversation was substantive and constructive. The Leaders confirmed their mutual desire to strengthen the Russia-India specially privileged strategic partnership and planned future contacts.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks on the sidelines of the #ASEAN events.

📍 Jakarta, July 13, 2023

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks on the sidelines of the #BRICS Summit

📍 Johannesburg, August 23, 2023

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🇷🇺🇮🇳📞 Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi.

Vladimir Putin once again warmly congratulated Narendra Modi on the successful touch-down of the Indian lunar lander, Chandrayaan-3, on the lunar south pole region. The Sides confirmed their readiness to further develop bilateral space cooperation.

The results of the XVth #BRICS Summit in Johannesburg were discussed with a focus on the importance of the agreements reached, primarily on BRICS’ expansion, which undoubtedly would promote the growth of its influence in international affairs.

It was agreed to closely collaborate in the context of Russia’s BRICS chairmanship, which starts on January 1, 2024. The Parties also exchanged views on the upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi.

🤝 The discussion also touched on current issues of Russian-Indian relations, which are developing progressively in the spirit of a specially privileged strategic partnership. Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi stated that the two countries’ trade and economic cooperation showed positive dynamics and expressed their shared intention to consistently implement large-scale energy projects and work together to expand the international transport and logistics infrastructure.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks on the margins of the 18th East Asia Summit.

📍 Jakarta, September 6

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly

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