‘India-Russia relations exceptional since 1950s…’: EAM S Jaishankar

Speaking on India-Russia relations, EAM Dr S Jaishankar said India-Russia relations is very exceptional, it has been very steady, it may not be spectacular. Adding further, he said that India-Russia relations has not seen that kind of ups and downs which your relationship with Russia or China's relations with Russia or Europe's relationship with Russia has seen through and that's in itself a statement. He said, “If you consider international relations over the last 70 years, the US-Russian relations, China-Russia relations, the US-China relations...pretty much every big relationship in the last 70 years has seen a great deal of volatility which had sharp ups and downs. The India-Russia is very exceptional. It has been very steady. It may not be spectacular, so it may have stabilized at a certain level, but it has not seen that kind of ups and downs which your relationship with Russia or China's relations with Russia or Europe's relationship with Russia has seen through and that's in itself a statement. I think as a consequence of what is going on in Ukraine, it seems to me clear that in many ways Russia's relationship with the West has broken down and in that case, it's logical that Russia focuses more on the Asian side of Russia, though historically, Russia has always seen itself as a European power...”

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