WION India [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Le42xb8vM[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Le42xb8vM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Le42xb8vM ; Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi who is in Samarkand addressed the SCO leaders on Day 2 of the summit. During his speech PM Modi emphasized on how the country supports the mutual trust among SCO leaders. He also raised the issue of transit rights between member states. DJ; India expects an economic growth of 7,5% per year....India is buying energy from both Russia and Iran (a.o.) both countries facing US agression.... One of the problems India would like to see discussed is better-open-trade via Pakistan to Iran, Afghanistan...The SCO may be the right place for this kind of questions...China may support India as next "president" of the SCO, so a next meeting may be held in India...But it also underlines improving India-China relations... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations ; During the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Cold War - Cold War , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="India - India and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Soviet Union - Soviet Union (USSR) had a strong strategic, military, economic and diplomatic relationship. After the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union - dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia inherited its close relationship with India which resulted in both nations sharing a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relationship_(international_relations)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Special relationship (international relations) - special relationship . Russia and India both term this relationship as a "special and privileged strategic partnership". Traditionally, the Indo-Russian strategic partnership has been built on five major components: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Politics - politics , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Military - defence , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Nuclear power - civil nuclear energy , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter_terrorism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Counter terrorism - anti-terrorism co-operation and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Outer space - space . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [1] These five major components were highlighted in a speech given by former https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Foreign_Secretary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Indian Foreign Secretary - Indian Foreign Secretary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjan_Mathai" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Ranjan Mathai - Ranjan Mathai in Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [1] However, in recent years a sixth, economic component has grown in importance, with both countries setting a target of reaching US$30 billion in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateral_trade" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Bilateral trade - bilateral trade by 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-The_Financial_Express-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [3] from about US$9.4 billion in the year 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [4] In order to meet this goal, both countries are looking to develop a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_agreement" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Free trade agreement - free trade agreement . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:2-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [7] Bilateral trade between both countries in 2012 grew by over 24%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:2-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [7] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - The IRIGC (India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission) is the main body that conducts affairs at the governmental level between both countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:3-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [8] Both countries are members of international bodies including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="UN - UN , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="BRICS - BRICS , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="G20 - G20 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - SCO . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-newkerala.com-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [9] Russia has stated that it supports India receiving a permanent seat on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="United Nations Security Council - United Nations Security Council . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-en.rian.ru-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [10] In addition, Russia has expressed interest in joining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAARC" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="SAARC - SAARC with observer status in which India is a founding member. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-:0-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-news.oneindia.in-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [12] India is the second largest market for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Russia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Defense industry of Russia - Russian defence industry . In 2017, approximately 68% of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Military" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Indian Military - Indian military 's hardware import came from Russia, making Russia the chief supplier of defence equipment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [13] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [14] According to a 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="BBC World Service - BBC World Service Poll, 85% of Russians view India positively, with only 9% expressing a negative view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [15] Similarly, a 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Opinion poll - opinion poll by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Moscow - Moscow -based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Non-governmental organization - non-governmental think tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada_Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Levada Center - Levada-Center states that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Russians - Russians identified India as one of their top five "friends", with the others being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Belarus - Belarus , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="China - China , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none;" title="Syria - Syria . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none; - [16] Polls show that 60% people support the Indian government's handling of the Russo-Ukrainian war, while 50% agreed to the sanctions imposed by other nations on Russia, according to LocalCircles, a community social media platforms. DJ, India is critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine however puts its own interests before joining any (western) sanctions...India is blaming the west for not providing support for matters that are of interest for India... The idea that India would become a US/NAT/West partner is an illusion...UK colonialism did bring two centuries of disaster is the India view...liz truss UK "PM"...(insane...) calling for a "global nato" is very unwelcome in as good as all non-western countries...most of them with a history of colonial exploitation followed by "western ruled international trade" that did keep them poor... It is shocking how even western "progressive" parties simply are blind for the neo-colonial western agenda the rest of the world disgusts...The US wars to weaken Russia and China are seen by the rest of the world as saving western neo-colonial rule, US$ dominance...
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