Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded India’s progress story for the second time inside every week, describing Indians as “very gifted” and “purposeful” who will assist the nation to realize excellent leads to its growth.
Talking at a gathering on the event of the tenth anniversary of the Russian Historic Society on Nationwide Unity Day on Friday, Putin mentioned: “Let’s check out India. Very gifted individuals, purposeful, with such a drive for inside growth, will, in fact, obtain excellent outcomes. India will obtain excellent leads to its growth.”
Putin’s feedback got here simply forward of Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s go to to Moscow on November 7 and eight.
He additionally spoke about colonialism and Russia’s civilisation and tradition.
Final week, Putin had spoken about Russia’s particular ties with India. “We’ve got particular ties with India which might be constructed on the muse of actually shut allied relations for many years. We by no means had any excellent points with India, we now have at all times supported one another and I’m constructive that’s the way it will stay sooner or later as nicely,” Putin had mentioned.
Putin additionally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pursuing an “unbiased overseas coverage”.
A time-tested companion for India, Russia has been a key pillar of New Delhi’s overseas coverage.
Whereas the West has bombarded sanctions towards Russia as a result of invasion of Ukraine, India elevated the import of discounted crude oil from the nation in the previous few months.
India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been sustaining that the disaster should be resolved by means of diplomacy and dialogue. However at a bilateral assembly with Putin within the Uzbek metropolis of Samarkand on September 16, Modi advised him that “immediately’s period will not be of struggle”.
(With inputs from PTI)