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🇷🇺🇮🇳 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, on an official visit to Russia, held talks in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, this is your first official visit after your reappointment following parliamentary elections. I would like to congratulate you on this once again.

Our countries have long-time friendship and good relations that have evolved over the decades. This year, we are marking the 77th Anniversary of diplomatic relations.

Today, our relations have the status of a specially privileged strategic partnership. We are in permanent contact, and we prioritise the development of trade and economic ties. Certainly, their development meets the interests of the people of India and the peoples of the Russian Federation.

📈 Last year, our trade soared by 60 percent and even more, by 66 percent; it increased by an additional 20 percent in the first quarter of 2024.

🌐 We cooperate closely on the international arena, including at international organisations, primarily the #UN and such associations as the #SCO and #BRICS.

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to discuss virtually all practical issues in an informal setting. I am grateful to you for devoting attention to the most acute issues and for trying to find some options for resolving the Ukraine crisis, primarily by peaceful methods.

Mr Prime Minister, we will be delighted to see you in Kazan this autumn at the upcoming BRICS Summit.

At the end of my opening remarks, I would like to wish you new successes in facilitating the development of the Indian state. You and I know each other for a long time, and I know that your entire life is devoted to implementing the idea of strengthening the Indian state and improving the life of the people of India.

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🎙 Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov comment on the outcomes of the Russia-India summit.

📍 Moscow, July 9

💬 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s state visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin has come to an end. Yesterday, the leaders spent a lot of time together in an informal atmosphere and discussed almost every item on the agenda.

Today, this time with the participation of the delegations, they reviewed in detail the entire range of bilateral issues. We have ambitious plans. A lot has been accomplished, and an excellent foundation has been created. During the ceremony of awarding Narendra Modi with an Order of St Andrew the Apostle, the President of Russia and the Prime Minister of India outlined the key areas of interaction and underscored the commitment to deepen it across all spheres without exception, including the economy and the political dialogue, and humanitarian, cultural, sports, and educational ties, as well as military and military-technical cooperation.

Our relations can be described as a “particularly privileged strategic partnership,” a term that is codified in the Russian-Indian documents and accurately describes the ties between our countries which go deep in history. At a time when India was fighting for independence, the Soviet Union was among the first to recognise a new, young state with a deep, long, millennia-long history and civilisation.

During today’s talks, in addition to the bilateral goals (that have already been accepted for execution) which were outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, there was an exchange of views on the international situation, primarily in the context of Russia’s BRICS chairmanship. India supported the programme that we are in the process of implementing. Mr Modi said he was pleased to accept President Putin’s invitation to take part in the BRICS summit in Kazan in October 2024.

The situation and prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation were discussed in detail. The parties reiterated that this format was a top priority for Moscow and New Delhi.

The participants discussed cooperation in the G20, where Brazil currently holds chairmanship, and India performed these functions in 2023. They discussed how at the G20 summit in New Delhi the Indian presidency with the support of Russia, China and other Global Majority countries prevented the Ukrainianisation of the G20 agenda, which the United States and its allies insistently sought to achieve.

The New Delhi Declaration provides an objective geopolitical overview with account taken of all factors and with the emphasis on the fact that any conflict that in one way or another affects the global economy as well as unilateral sanctions should be considered in a balanced manner, not to the detriment of the basic G20 agenda which focuses on working out arrangements to promote the global economy and the monetary system, and to prevent crises in these critically important areas.

🇺🇳 We discussed interaction in the United Nations. India is one of the most active UN members. Our positions in the UN overlap. <...> Russia has reiterated its position in favour of supporting India’s candidacy for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council in case a decision to this effect is made in principle, which requires a substantial majority, almost a unanimous vote of the UN General Assembly members. This work takes an effort, and the dialogue has been going on for a long while.

Our position in favour of the candidacies of India, Brazil and the African group remains unchanged. We believe the West should not be accorded additional seats, either permanent, or non-permanent. It is over-represented in this key body as it is.

The visit confirmed the commitment of the Leaders of both countries on comprehensive promotion of the particularly privileged strategic partnership. Specific goals have been outlined, and we will provide updates about the efforts to fulfil them.

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#Opinion by Ambassador Gennady Gatilov

▪️ We took note of the comments made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and his Office regarding the recent tragedy at the Okhmatdet Hospital for Children in Kiev.

▪️ Once again, we witness the "lightning-fast reaction" of the main UN human rights advocate when it concerns events in Ukraine and an opportunity to baselessly accuse our country. This always happens instantaneously, without waiting for even a preliminary investigation of the incident. However, when it comes to civilian casualties in Sevastopol, Belgorod and other Russian cities, as well as in the much-suffering Gaza, Mr. Türk and his Office prefer to remain silent or respond with meaningless “formal replies”.

▪️ If the High Commissioner is so eager to discuss the topic of fulfilling international obligations, Mr. Türk could thoroughly explain to the Kiev regime, to which he is so attentive, the inadmissibility of using civilian populations and infrastructure as "human shields". Furthermore, he should more frequently remind Kiev of the inadmissibility of placing military objects in densely populated areas. This also applies to Ukrainian air defense systems, the negligent and unprofessional work of which has repeatedly led to tragic consequences for civilians, and this time, to a large number of victims at Okhmatdet.

▪️ It is, of course, doubtful that the criminal Zelenskiy regime, which has deprived Ukrainians of virtually all rights and freedoms, is capable of listening to common sense.