Indian National Security Advisor: Delhi expects Putin to visit at year’s end

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu (left) meeting with National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval.
Photo: TV-screen

Vladimir Putin received National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Ajit Doval in the Kremlin.

On the Russian side, the meeting was also attended by Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov. The Indian side was represented by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation Vinay Kumar, Kremlin informs.

India awaits Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit at the end of the year and hopes for significant results of a meeting between the leaders of the two countries, National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval said at a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, TASS quotes.

According to the Indian official, New Delhi hopes that the top-level meeting provides new directions for development and produces tangible and substantial results at negotiations.

It is important for Moscow and New Delhi to determine the timing of new full-scale negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval, TASS reports.

"A multi-level trust-based political dialogue is effectively functioning between our countries now. It is based on regular contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is important to determine the dates for the next full-scale negotiations between our leaders," he said.

Russia and India are linked by "strong, time-tested ties of friendship," Shoigu noted, adding that for Moscow the most important thing is to comprehensively strengthen the special privileged strategic partnership with India, which is based on "mutual respect, trust, equal consideration of each other's interests, and the desire to promote a unifying agenda."

"We are committed to further active cooperation to form a new, more just and sustainable world order, ensure the rule of international law and jointly combat modern challenges and threats," Russian Security Council Secretary stressed.

"We attach particular importance to continuing the dialogue on bilateral and regional issues through the Security Councils of the two countries. Regular consultations contribute to deepening the Russian-Indian relations and bringing them to a new, higher quality level amid the current complicated international environment," he concluded.

On August 6, the US imposed additional tariffs of 25% on India in connection with its purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products. Washington may take similar measures against other countries, according to Trump’s executive order. This brings tariffs on Indian goods imported to the US to 50%. The Indian Foreign Ministry slammed those actions as unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable, adding that the country would take all necessary measures to protect its national interests.

The Indian official also stressed that currently, India and Russia have established very good ties which are highly valued in India. The official emphasized that the two countries interact at the top level and these meetings boost the strategic partnership relationship between Moscow and New Delhi.

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