### Comprehensive Report: The Evolving India–Russia Relationship Under Modi and Putin

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The India–Russia relationship has been a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy since the Cold War era.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, this strategic partnership has undergone significant evolution, shaped by shifting global dynamics, India’s growing ties with the West, and its intensifying rivalry with China.

This report examines how the relationship has evolved under their leadership, with a particular focus on the impact of India’s rivalry with China.

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Historical Context and Strategic Partnership

India and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) have shared a long-standing strategic partnership rooted in mutual trust, defense cooperation, and shared geopolitical interests.

The relationship was formalized through various agreements, including the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Cooperation, and later the 2001 Strategic Partnership Declaration.

Under Modi and Putin, the relationship has been characterized by

### Comprehensive Report: The Evolving India–Russia Relationship Under Modi and Putin

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The India–Russia relationship has been a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy since the Cold War era.

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Content: TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – In a joint statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Indian Prime Minister called for closer cooperation in support of JCPOA talks in Vienna and full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

Heading a delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to the Indian capital, New Delhi to discuss bilateral relations with this Asian country.

During this visit, Vladimir Putin met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and they issued a joint statement following their bilateral meeting.

In the joint statement, the Indian and Russian leaders called for closer cooperation in support of the ongoing JCPOA talks in Vienna.

Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin also called for the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

According to the statement, New Delhi and Moscow expressed their support for reaching a bilateral agreement in Vienna.

They also stressed the development of bilateral cooperation in various fields of defense and space programs.

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Content: PM meets Russian President Putin; discuss bilateral ties

SAMARKAND, Sep 15 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin here, on the sidelines of the meeting of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organization being held here.

During the meeting, they discussed the bilateral relations and the ways to further strengthen the cooperation.

Earlier, the prime minister arrived here on a two-day visit to attend the summit, along with a high level delegation including the members of the federal cabinet.

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1950-1982: A 30-year review of the turbulent Sino-Soviet relations
When Xi Jinping and Putin declared “friendship without limits ” at their summit in February 2022, the message was that relations between Beijing and Moscow had reached a new peak.
At a time when Russia invaded Ukraine and Putin was isolated by the international community, Xi ’ s recent visit to China shows that Sino-Russian relations also have limitations in the intertwining of interests.
However, it is clear that from the signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1950 to the present, the orientation of the relationship between the two countries has undergone a subversive change.
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According to the analysis of the report of the French Institute of International Relations, Putin's invasion of Ukraine exposed the limitations of the Sino-Russian partnership and highlighted the sometimes divergent interests of the two countries.
Far from being an autocratic alliance, this is a quintessential majority-state relationship centered on realpolitik.
But China and Russia are strategically autonomous actors with fundamentally different attitudes to the international order.
The China-Russia partnership remains resilient, both sides recognize its importance and cannot fail, especially since there is no viable alternative to continued cooperation.
However, the balance of power in this relationship is changing rapidly.
This also means that from the era when China and the Soviet Union began to provide a lot of technical assistance to China by signing the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance in 1950, to the Sino-Russian Joint Declaration on Deepening Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation in the New Era signed by Xi Jinping in 2023, the roles of “Big Brother ” and“ Little Brother ” have been reversed historically.
France24 TV recently reported a review of the ups and downs in Sino-Soviet relations between 1950 and 1982, showing that although the vaunted Sino-Russian relationship is said to be in good shape, this has not always been the case in history.
Shortly after World War II, Mao Zedong created the People ’ s Republic, a turbulent relationship with Big Brother in the Soviet Union that could be said to have lasted for 30 years.
Stéphanie Balme, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Science and an expert on China, believes that the relationship between the Soviet Union and China was very bad, but after the Soviet Union broke up into Russia, Sino-Russian relations were very good.
Mao called Stalin his worst friend.
In fact, Mao Zedong was concerned at the time not to become a “vassal ” of Russia.
During a visit to Moscow.
Putin expressed admiration for China ’ s “Great Leap Forward, ” a Soviet-era term used to express appreciation for the speed of China ’ s economic growth.
It also shows that Putin still has not “digested ” the end of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The crux of the present situation is that there has been a complete and incredible reversal of the historical situation.
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Content: Moscow maintains close ties with Tehran ’ s regional rivals
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Strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia
Iran and Russia have recently sought rapprochement, mainly motivated by the economic interest of both sides, although there are other goals, especially for Tehran.
But amid this rapprochement there are some obstacles, which may prevent it from continuing in the beneficial manner desired by both parties.
Arash Topchingad, a researcher and analyst, said that during their first personal meeting on January 19, 2022, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, demonstrated their commitment to stronger bilateral relations.
In addition to the two presidents ’ contacts, Iran ’ s oil minister said Tehran and Moscow had made strides in trade deals across the energy, transport and banking sectors.
However, the highlight of Raisi ’ s visit to Moscow was his presentation of a draft 20-year cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia.
The agreement, which aims to update an earlier economic cooperation agreement from 2001, proposes increased cooperation in security initiatives, transport and trade between Tehran and Moscow.
The deal is still under negotiation, and the Iranian government says its contents must first be announced and approved by parliament.
The 20-year cooperation agreement has been under consideration since last year, and while Iran has managed to gauge Putin ’ s interest in reaching an agreement, it may not materialize in the near future.
But in the meantime, the deal is valuable because it signals the convictions of both Tehran and Moscow in their negotiations with the West.
A crossroads.
Tupchingad believes that Iran and Russia are at a crossroads in terms of their geostrategic positions at the regional level.
On Feb. 8, Iran ’ s delegation returned to Vienna for the eighth, and possibly last, round of talks to negotiate the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Unlike conventional agreements, the deal has been viewed in terms of mutual mistrust, and Iran is desperately seeking assurances that Washington will not back down from its commitments as it did in 2018.
Iran also remains adamant that all sanctions be lifted in exchange for nuclear compliance, a demand that European officials seem to regard as excessive.
As one of the constructive signatories to the nuclear deal, some see Russia as Iran ’ s “lawyer ” in the renegotiation process.
The Vienna talks will resume as Russia enters its own negotiations with the West through French President Emmanuel Macron.
Russia is currently embroiled in a confrontation against NATO and Ukraine.
With more than 100,000 Russian troops surrounding Ukraine ’ s border, Putin has expressed concerns about what he sees as a NATO encroachment on Russia ’ s western flank.
In the coming days, Tehran and Moscow ’ s diplomatic approaches to the United States and its European counterparts will significantly affect the likelihood of easing tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
However, the two countries remain committed to pursuing their best interests, and a 20-year cooperation agreement could have significant implications in this process.
Economic benefits
According to Tupchingad, the Iranian government has focused on publicizing the economic and security benefits that may accrue from the Iran-Russia deal.
Russia currently accounts for 4% and 2% of Iran ’ s imports and exports, respectively.
Tehran plans to increase its trade with Russia to $25 billion.
That goal may sound very ambitious, but in 2007, Iran envisioned its trade with Russia to reach $200 billion within a decade.
However, bilateral trade peaked at just over $3.5 billion in 2021.
By comparison, Russia ’ s annual trade with Turkey is between $20 billion and $25 billion.
U.S. sanctions act as a major impediment, limiting Tehran ’ s trade prospects and complicating any long-term commitments by its trading partners.
In addition to its direct trade interests with Russia, Iran is also seeking to secure broader economic commitments to the Eurasian Economic Union.
In their face-to-face meeting, Putin expressed support for Raisi for a free trade zone between Iran and the economic union.
Raisi looks forward to such broad financial steps with hopeful eyes, amid doubts about sanctions relief.
In addition to its economic potential, Iran sees the 20-year agreement as a way to strengthen its security cooperation with Russia and secure new arms deals.
After Iran held trilateral naval exercises with the Russian and Chinese navies on Jan. 21, Tehran favors increased military cooperation to show a semblance of defensive solidarity with its foreign backers.
Tehran is reportedly seeking to buy Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets to bolster Iran ’ s air force.
Raisi ’ s administration is also interested in purchasing the S-400 missile defense system.
While a U.N. Security Council embargo on Iran and an arms embargo ended in late 2020, Russia has refrained from offering Iran any deals.
One motive is that Tehran may not have the funds for such deals.
Since the withdrawal of former US President Donald Trump from the nuclear deal, Iran ’ s foreign currency and gold reserves have fallen dramatically.
Iran had planned to acquire $10 billion worth of Russian weapons, but its dire financial situation has convinced some analysts that any defense contracts with the Kremlin could be as high as $2 billion.
The cooperation agreement could enable Iran to achieve favorable terms on its oil and gas sectors in exchange for deeper cuts in Russian arms.
But the cost is not just financial, as Russia maintains close ties with Iran ’ s regional rivals, including Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Putin will not risk an imbalance in his relations with the most powerful powers in the Middle East.
Not everyone in the Kremlin sees a direct security benefit from a long-term deal with Tehran.
As one of the constructive signatories to the nuclear deal, some see Russia as Iran ’ s “lawyer ” in the renegotiation process.
In the coming days, Tehran and Moscow ’ s diplomatic approaches to the United States and its European counterparts will significantly affect the likelihood of easing tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
However, the two countries remain committed to pursuing their best interests, and a 20-year cooperation agreement could have significant implications in this process.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia for a visit, which is Modi's first visit to Russia since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday (July 8) for his first visit to Russia since 2019.
It was also his first trip since he began his third premiership in June.
"I look forward to reviewing various aspects of bilateral cooperation with my friend President Putin and exchanging views on various regional and global issues," Modi said in a statement.
"We seek to play a supportive role for a peaceful and stable region," he added.
Russia remains India ’ s main supplier of cheap oil and weapons, but Moscow ’ s isolation from the West and friendly relations with Beijing have affected its long-standing partnership with New Delhi.
At the same time, Western powers have cultivated relations with India in recent years to counter China and its growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region, while forcing India to distance itself from Russia.
Modi ’ s last visit to Russia was in 2019. A few weeks before Russia ’ s all-out military campaign against Ukraine in 2022, Modi hosted visiting Putin in New Delhi.
Indian state media confirmed on Monday afternoon that Modi had arrived in Russia for an official visit.
India has avoided explicitly condemning Russia during the war and abstained from voting on a UN resolution condemning Moscow.
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Xi, Putin send congratulatory letters to 3rd China-Russia Energy Business Forum

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BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin respectively sent on Monday congratulatory letters to the third China-Russia Energy Business Forum.

In his message, Xi pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the two sides, with focus on jointly celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, have pushed forward their comprehensive strategic coordination and all-round practical cooperation and achieved new and fruitful results.

Noting that energy cooperation is an important direction of bilateral practical cooperation, Xi said that the two sides have overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, achieved growth in energy trade against downward pressure, advanced their major cooperation projects smoothly, and continuously explored new areas and ways of cooperation.

The remarkable achievements in bilateral energy cooperation have demonstrated the broad potential of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, Xi said.

China, he said, is ready to work with Russia to forge a closer partnership for energy cooperation, and jointly safeguard energy security and tackle the challenge of global climate change.

In his message, Putin said that now the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era is at an unprecedentedly high level.

Energy cooperation between the two countries, as an important part of bilateral relations, has made positive progress in recent years, Putin said.

He noted that cross-border oil and gas pipelines between the two countries have been operating stably, energy trade expanding steadily, and a number of major projects advancing smoothly, such as the development of liquefied natural gas in the Arctic region and the joint construction of nuclear power units.

Putin said he hopes that the enterprises of the two sides will strengthen coordination, explore new cooperation areas like energy informatization and green energy, and further enrich China-Russia energy cooperation.

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Content: India, Russia
Indian Foreign Minister's Visit to Moscow Concerned Over Continued Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Moscow on Monday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Indian Foreign Ministry said that during the two-day visit, Sujson will hold discussions on all bilateral issues and exchange views on regional and international situations.
In the context of the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, the visit of the Indian foreign minister is of vital importance to Russia, which seeks to maintain a special relationship with New Delhi.
Over the past week, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly praised India and its leaders.
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According to the Bangalore-based journalist Côte Bastin, the purpose of Sujason ’ s visit was to reaffirm the close relationship between India and Russia, which has been tested in the context of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and India ’ s refusal to face Russia ’ s invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations, mainly on the basis that New Delhi does not want to offend its traditional partners, while Russia is India ’ s main arms supplier.
But Moody's tone changed when he spoke with Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand on Sept. 16.
At the time, Modi told Putin that "the present is no longer an era of war, but an era of dialogue."
India also demanded assurances from Russia that it would not be the first to use nuclear weapons.
In the past 10 days, Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly praised India on various occasions, saying that "the future belongs to India - the world's largest democracy led by patriot Modi" and "Indians are talented and determined."
Russian media also generally echo Putin, emphasizing India's role as a multi-polar power.
For India, the primary purpose of the visit is to discuss strategic business agreements between the two sides, including Russian gas.
The Indian Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the specifics of the talks, but India is likely to reiterate its desire for a peaceful resolution of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
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Content: Russia-India coordination, balance, US-India approach?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 20th to further develop the "special and privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries.
At the beginning of this month, Russia and India held an annual leaders' summit, launched the first "2 + 2" dialogue between foreign ministers and defense ministers, and agreed to strengthen cooperation and coordination on bilateral and multilateral issues, and signed up to 28 cooperation agreements.
In just two weeks, the summit had two interactions, which sent a signal that Russian-Indian relations were more special than before.
From the interaction on the 6th, Putin led a strong delegation to visit India and held the annual Russian-Indian leaders' summit.
This is Putin's second overseas visit since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, highlighting the importance he attaches to the "special and privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries.
During the visit, Russia and India held their first "2 + 2" meeting, which will help deepen mutual understanding and strengthen the special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries.
The most important of the 28 cooperation agreements signed by Russia and India is the Agreement on Military Technical Cooperation 2021-2031.
The document will provide guidance for Russian-Indian military cooperation in the next 10 years, especially to promote joint development and production of weapons and equipment.
It can be said that the foundation for the next stage of military interaction between Russia and India has been laid.
In addition, Russia and India are also actively discussing the signing of a military logistics agreement similar to the memorandum of understanding on logistics exchange between the two countries to facilitate the use of each other's military bases.
Once signed in the future, the Russian-Indian military relations will take another step forward.
The two leaders discussed how to implement the agreement reached at the December 6 meeting, agreed to maintain regular contact on all aspects covered by the Russian-Indian “special and privileged strategic partnership ”, continue to deepen bilateral cooperation and consultation and coordination in multilateral forums, and exchange views on international stability and security issues, including the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since taking office as US president at the beginning of the year, Biden has inherited and strengthened the Indo-Pacific strategy of his predecessor, Trump, and has courted India as the key to its success.
To this end, Biden has made efforts to promote the upgrading and implementation of the four-nation mechanism.
In March this year, the four-nation mechanism held its first video summit, issued a joint declaration, and established three working groups to implement the summit consensus.
In September, the four-nation mechanism held its first offline summit, reiterating the implementation of cooperation in the fields of vaccines and high-quality infrastructure, and proposing to jointly train scientific and technological talents to create a "closed loop of scientific and technological talents of the four countries".
For example, the United States has continued to deepen the "comprehensive global strategic cooperative partnership" between the United States and India.
On March 19, U.S. Defense Secretary William Austin visited India, calling the U.S.-India relationship "a key pillar of a free and open Indo-Pacific."
Under the continued cozying up of the Biden administration, India's attitude of strategic autonomy has become blurred, and it has clearly moved closer to and tilted toward the United States in implementing its foreign policy of "multi-faceted alliance."
During his visit to the United States in September, Modi said that "the relationship between the United States and India has entered a critical transition period".
In the face of the continuous promotion of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" by the United States and the drift and deviation of India in the two strategic directions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and the Eurasian continent, Russia is certainly alert.
As early as the Cold War, Russia and India established a relatively special strategic cooperative partnership, even reaching the level of quasi-allies.
At the end of the Cold War, Russia pushed India to join strategic designs such as the "trilateral dialogue between China, Russia and India" in an attempt to promote the establishment of a fair and multipolar world order.
Russia also sees India as an important partner in the Indian Ocean region and an important contributor to the effects of radiation in the Indian Ocean region.
To this end, Russia has taken a series of actions, Foreign Minister Lavrov and other high-level leaders directly expressed opposition to the United States using the "Indo-Pacific strategy" as a tool to contain China and Russia and create regional division.
This round of Russian-Indian strategic coordination is also the proper meaning of Russia's anti-Indo-Pacific strategy.
In particular, Russia and India signed a major defense cooperation order, began the delivery of S-400 air defense system, and will soon sign a military logistics agreement, which is conducive to consolidating defense and military cooperation between the two countries, hedging the penetration and erosion of the traditional Russian arms market by the United States in the past 10 years, and preventing India from falling into the "Indo-Pacific camp" because of increased dependence on weapons and equipment.
Therefore, Russian-Indian interaction is conducive to maintaining the relative balance between the two camps of the Eurasian continent and the Indo-Pacific Ocean, as well as to global strategic stability and peace.
(The writer is deputy director of the South Asia Institute of the Chinese Institute of Modern International Relations)
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Content: Russia, India Call For UN Security Council Reform To Reflect Contemporary Global Realities

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Russia and India call for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council to reflect contemporary global realities, according to a joint statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the 21st Russian-Indian summit

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th December, 2021) Russia and India call for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council to reflect contemporary global realities, according to a joint statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the 21st Russian-Indian summit.

"The parties called for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council to reflect contemporary global realities and make it more representative, effective and efficient in addressing issues of international peace and security," the statement says.

Putin congratulated India on the successful chairmanship of the council in August and confirmed his support for India's candidacy for permanent members of the reformed and expanded UN Security Council. It is noted that Modi thanked Putin for participating in the high-level debate on maritime security, which he chaired on August 9 as part of India's chairmanship of the UN Security Council.

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In recent years, India has become the "hot potato" of the West, and leaders and dignitaries of many Western countries and the European Union have continuously carried out diplomatic actions against India.
Analysts pointed out that since the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, India has adopted a balanced strategy to maintain its "strategic neutrality" and let the West, which has engaged in confrontation in "small circles" around the world and used the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to coerce other countries to "choose sides", is quite dissatisfied.
They have recently made frequent moves against India, intending to "print Russia", but from the Indian reaction, their wishful thinking is afraid to fail.
Lobbying in turn
After the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States and Europe have been asking other countries to join the ranks of condemning and sanctioning Russia, one of the important targets of which is India.
However, India did not condemn and sanction Russia, and its "equidistance" stance clearly did not satisfy its Western partners.
On April 11, US President Joe Biden held a video meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the White House statement, Biden wants India to cooperate with the United States and its Western allies to kill Russia's energy revenue, proposing "not to increase the purchase of Russian oil and other goods at this time."
On the same day, the two foreign ministers and defense ministers of the United States and India held a "2 + 2" dialogue in Washington, and the United States stressed at a press conference after the meeting that the United States printed "common values".
-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits India from April 21 to 22.
Although the British Prime Minister's Office said Johnson would not seek to "lecture" Modi on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, British media reported that Johnson would use the visit to encourage Modi to distance himself from Russia.
Some Western media reported that the new defense and security partnership announced by the two sides "will help India reduce its dependence on Russia."
-- European Commission President von der Leyen visits India from April 24 to 25.
She said India and the European Union are "natural partners" and both are "growing up in an environment of common rules and fair competition," but "the core principles underpinning world peace and security are at stake."
Von der Leyen's implication is that India should be concerned about the situation in Ukraine on the basis of "common rules" and "fulfill its responsibilities as a major power" on the crisis caused by the crisis.
In addition, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Morrison also asked India to put pressure on Russia during their visit to India and during their meeting with Modi in March.
India has its own considerations.
On March 24, Indian Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Sujssen expressed his government's position on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the lower house of parliament.
"India's position is consistent and firm," he said, adding that India stands for a peaceful solution to the conflict and direct dialogue between the two sides.
Although the West continues to do work with India, India has not changed its position on Russia, not only did not join the sanctions against Russia, but also increased the amount of Russian oil purchases and purchased a number of anti-aircraft weapons, and also abstained in the relevant United Nations resolutions against Russia.
In the face of Western lobbying, India chose to ignore or even fight back.
For example, Modi did not publicly echo Biden's "pointers", saying only that the situation in Ukraine is "very worrying", and he has called on both sides to peacefully resolve the conflict.
At the press conference after the US-India “2 + 2 ” dialogue, Su Jisheng faced questions about India ’ s continued imports of Russian energy, pointing out that India needs to import Russian energy for its own energy security, and its monthly purchase volume is less than that of a European afternoon, and people should pay more attention to Europe than India.
India Observer Research Foundation researcher Hash Pant said that India and Russia have historically been close, the two countries support each other on many issues, although the current absolute number of bilateral trade is not high, but India relies heavily on Russia for weapons, but also needs Russia's abundant energy.
Attempts won't succeed.
It is worth mentioning that during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to India from March 31 to April 1, the two sides reached an agreement on strengthening energy cooperation and promoting the use of the national currency settlement system.
The Russian side announced the news to the outside world, but the Indian side did not officially confirm.
Some analysts believe that this approach shows that India will not change its stance on Russia on the one hand, and on the other hand, is trying to avoid provoking the West.
Pante said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has made the international situation more complicated and has caused great difficulties for India's diplomacy, and the Indian government has had to adopt a more complicated approach to its relations with all parties.
However, he said that until India achieves self-sufficiency in arms and energy or finds alternative import channels, there will be no change in its stance towards Russia, and any pressure from the West is unlikely to force India to abandon its balanced strategy in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Krzysztof Ivanek, director of the Center for Asian Studies of the Polish University of War Studies, pointed out that the world today is no longer a bipolar system, and many countries choose to "multi-bet" in international affairs to protect their own interests.
It is not easy to draw a country into an alliance in the complex network of international relations, and preaching to other governments will not be effective, but counterproductive.
On April 27, in response to Western accusations that India refused to condemn Russia, he reiterated that India no longer needs the approval of other countries and will conduct diplomacy according to its own circumstances.
Ashley Trish, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted that India chose neutrality in part because the Soviet Union and Russia “never criticized India ’ s internal affairs, and the United States has done so many times. ”
India suspects that the United States could become a "fickle strategic partner."
If the United States wants to incite India to denounce Russia, it needs to cross a high threshold.
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US calls on India to use ties with Russia, urge Putin to end 'illegal war' in Ukraine

NEW DELHI: The United States has once again called upon India to leverage its long-standing ties with Russia to persuade Russian President Putin to cease his "illegal war" in Ukraine.
During a press briefing, US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, "India has a longstanding relationship with Russia, that is well known. Speaking for the United States, we have encouraged India to use that longstanding relationship with Russia and the unique position they have to urge President Putin to end his illegal war and to find a just peace, lasting peace to this conflict, to tell Vladimir Putin to respect the UN Charter and Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty."
Miller further acknowledged India as an important partner for the United States when it comes to dealing with Russia.

This statement comes in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent two-day visit to Moscow, marking his first trip to Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
During his meeting with President Putin, PM Modi expressed concerns about the impact of the conflict on the Global South and conveyed his hope for peace, inspired by Putin's "frank" views on the matter. PM Modi also assured both Russia and the international community of India's unwavering support for any peace effort.
Prior to the talks between Modi and Putin, the United States had communicated its concerns to India regarding the Russia-India relationship and expressed its desire for PM Modi to urge Putin to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Content: Putin Expresses Hope To Expand Cooperation With India In Republic Day Greetings

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th January, 2023) Russian President Vladimir Putin sent India Republic Day greetings to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, voicing his confidence that Moscow and New Delhi's bilateral cooperation would expand in different areas.

India celebrates the Republic Day on January 26 to honor the adoption of its constitution 73 years ago.

"We set a high value on the relations of privileged strategic partnership between our states. I am confident that by working together we can ensure the continued growth of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in all areas.

This undoubtedly meets the fundamental interests of the friendly peoples of Russia and India," Putin said in a congratulatory telegram, published by the Kremlin.

The Russian president also outlined India's achievements reached in economic, social, research and technology and other areas, saying that India is making "substantial contribution" to ensuring international stability and security as well as addressing "vital" regional and international issues.

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Content: PM Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin to meet today; spotlight on India-Russia 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership'

This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders after their rendezvous on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Brasilia in 2019.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (December 6, 2021) will host Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi.

This is the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders after their rendezvous on the side-lines of the BRICS Summit in Brasilia in November 2019.

During the meeting which is likely to take place at 5:30 pm at the Hyderabad House in the national capital, the two leaders will review the state and prospects of bilateral relations and discuss ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

The Summit is also likely to see Modi and Putin exchange views on regional, multilateral and international issues of mutual interest.

"The visit is in continuation of the tradition of Annual Summits alternately in India and Russia. The visit will provide further impetus to the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership," New Delhi had said while officially announcing Putin's visit to the country.

The last India-Russia Annual Summit was held in September 2019 during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Vladivostok (Russia). The Annual Summit in 2020 could not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Putin's trip to India will mark his second international trip after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and comes amid the emergence of a new Omicron variant which has affected the schedule of several bilateral and international summits.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in New Delhi on Sunday ahead of the inaugural meeting of the 2 + 2 dialogue mechanism at the level of the foreign and defence ministers.

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had confirmed last month that the agenda for the dialogue will cover political and defence issues of mutual interest.

"The establishment of this new mechanism of two plus two dialogue is expected to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries," he had said.

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Why is the relationship between Russia and China flourishing?
Yan Yu
February 10, 2022 05: 26 | Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
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At the time of the revival of all things, the "Spring Meeting" of the heads of state of China and Russia has injected more vitality into the relations between the two countries.
From the positioning of bilateral relations in 2019 to the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation between China and Russia in the New Era", to the renewal of the China-Russia Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in 2021, and to the realization of the "Winter Olympic Treaty" by the two heads of state across eight years in 2022 - the fast train of China-Russia relations is speeding forward and is in the best period in history.
Why are Sino-Russian relations so good?
Since 2013, President Xi Jinping and President Putin have frequent exchanges and frequent interactions, no matter the number of exchanges, the depth, breadth and temperature of exchanges, are unique among leaders of major countries. In June 2019, President Xi Jinping gave a joint interview to Russia ’ s TASS news agency and Russia newspaper, saying “The secret of friendship ” with President Putin:“ We respect each other and treat each other honestly. ” Understand and trust each other.
"We share similar views on the current world situation, share the same ideas in governing the country, and shoulder the historical responsibility of developing and revitalizing the two countries," he said.
The most important thing is that we have a highly consistent understanding of the strategic significance of Sino-Russian relations and share the common determination and desire to promote the sustained and in-depth development of bilateral relations. Under the leadership of the two heads of state, Sino-Russian relations have been revitalized and set a model of strategic mutual trust between major powers, mutually-beneficial cooperation between neighboring countries, and a model of new international relations.
Why are Sino-Russian relations so good?
This is because the two countries have been friendly for generations, and the goal of win-win cooperation has not changed.
In recent years, from energy to infrastructure, from communications to aerospace, Sino-Russian cooperation has "hit the ground" and blossomed in an all-round way, with both traditional and emerging fields advancing hand in hand, and the quality and volume of cooperation have been simultaneously improved.
To promote pragmatic cooperation, China and Russia are not empty words and resolute actions, but also act with high energy and efficiency. In 2021, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia exceeded the US $140 billion mark for the first time, and reached a new record high.
At present, the two countries have formulated a roadmap for the high-quality development of trade in goods and services, which adds new impetus to the realization of the goal of exceeding 200 billion US dollars in bilateral trade by 2024 set by the two heads of state.
Why are Sino-Russian relations so good?
This is because the two countries will unswervingly deepen back-to-back strategic cooperation and shoulder to shoulder in safeguarding international fairness and justice.
In the face of the profound and complex international situation, China and Russia firmly support each other in safeguarding their core interests, political and strategic mutual trust has been increasingly consolidated, and bilateral relations have always been moving forward steadily.
At the same time, the two countries actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, jointly practice true multilateralism, guard the true democratic spirit, and play a role as a pillar in uniting the international community to overcome difficulties and safeguard international fairness and justice.
During the meeting, the two heads of state exchanged views on international and regional hotspot issues of common concern, and agreed to show the mind and act as big powers on such issues as fighting the epidemic, boosting the economy, and tackling climate change.
Today, Sino-Russian relations have become a pair of great powers with the highest degree of mutual trust, the highest level of cooperation and the highest strategic value, bringing great benefits to the people of the two countries and injecting strong positive energy into world peace and stability.
More than 91 percent of Russian respondents and more than 98 percent of Chinese respondents are full of confidence and expectations for further deepening China-Russia relations, according to the report released by the China-Russia Friendship, Peace and Development Committee in 2021.
This shows that Sino-Russian friendship is deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of the people.
One year in the spring.
It is believed that after the "Spring Meeting" between the heads of state of China and Russia, Sino-Russian relations will be more mature and stable, and the Sino-Russian friendship will be more solid.
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Xi Jinping said: willing to gallop internationally with Putin as a strong country
Chinese President Xi Jinping assured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan on Thursday that China is willing to play the international game with its neighbor, Russia, as a great power.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping today assured Putin in Uzbekistan that China is ready to join Russia in playing the role of a "great power" internationally.
"China is willing to work with Russia to assume the responsibilities of a great power and play a leading role in injecting stability and positive energy into this chaotic world," Xi said on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, according to AFP.
It was Xi ’ s first meeting with Putin since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
This is also Xi ’ s first foreign visit since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The SCO acts as a counterweight to Western influence, including China, Russia, four Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), as well as India and Pakistan.
Relations between Beijing and Moscow were tumultuous during the Cold War, but in recent decades the two countries have greatly strengthened, forming a common front against American influence.
Since Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine on February 24, China has consistently refused to use the term "invasion" to blame Moscow for its aggressive actions in Ukraine.
The Chinese government has never condemned the Russian invasion and blamed the Ukraine war conflict on the United States and NATO, AFP said.
Three weeks before the start of the war, the Chinese president hosted Putin in Beijing on the occasion of the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
They declared “unlimited friendship ” between China and Russia and signed many agreements, especially in the field of natural gas.
China is Russia ’ s main economic partner.
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Leaders of China, India, Russia and Pakistan on Tuesday sought to strengthen ties and cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as part of efforts to expand the organization and counter Western influence in the region.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and leaders of four Central Asian countries participated in the online summit.
Beijing and Moscow established the political and security organization in 2001.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attended the meeting, with Tehran due to join as the ninth member of the organization on Tuesday, and Belarus will sign a memorandum of commitments in preparation for its accession at a later date.
Acceptance of the two countries, which enjoy observer status and have close ties with Moscow, would expand the Western flank of the organization in both Europe and Asia.
Chinese state media reported that Xi, in a speech from Beijing at the summit, called for enhanced cooperation and exchange of experiences among SCO members, and efforts to safeguard regional peace and ensure common security.
He also urged the group to focus on practical cooperation to accelerate economic recovery, to move in the right direction and to strengthen solidarity and mutual trust.
In his speech, Putin, in his first appearance at an international forum since last month ’ s brief rebellion, reassured leaders of Russia ’ s stability and unity.
Putin said Moscow intended to strengthen ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and support a shift to the use of local currencies in commercial transactions.
He also warned of the growing potential for conflict and the risk of a global economic crisis.
Putin thanked the SCO members, who he said had expressed support for his efforts to “protect the constitutional order and the lives and security of citizens. ”
He told them Russia would stand up to Western pressure, sanctions and "provocations" over what Moscow calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Russia views countries such as China, India and Iran, the newest member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as key partners in countering the United States and resisting what it says are U.S. attempts to control the world order.
The summit came just two weeks after US President Joe Biden hosted Modi on an official visit, with the two countries describing themselves as “one of the closest partners in the world. ”
Addressing the opening of the SCO summit, Modi, whose country holds the SCO presidency as well as the G20 this year, urged SCO leaders to join hands to fight terrorism, help Afghanistan and tackle global challenges such as food, fuel and fertilizer shortages.
The conflicts, tensions and repercussions of the epidemic, and the global food, fuel and fertilizer crises posed great challenges for all countries.
"We need to think together to figure out whether we, as a group, have the capacity to meet the expectations and aspirations of our peoples, whether we are able to meet the modern challenges, whether the SCO has become a fully prepared group for the future," he said.
The Pakistani prime minister said the international community was at a standstill over Afghanistan and that the crucial support Kabul needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis had been withheld.
Sherif said, “This policy needs urgent reconsideration. ”
No country, including Pakistan, has officially recognized the Taliban administration since it seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Cuts in development aid by foreign donors and sanctions on Afghanistan ’ s banking sector have severely crippled the economy.
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Content: Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India on December 6, Know Key Details

The visit of Russian President Putin coincides with the delivery of the first batch of the S400 air defence systems to India. Know key agendas during Putin’s visit to India.

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Putin visit to India 2021: Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India on December 6, 2021, for the Annual Summit with PM Narendra Modi. During Putin’s visit to India, a number of pacts in the field of economy, defence, science and technology, trade are expected to be signed. The visit of Russian President Putin coincides with the delivery of the first batch of the S400 air defence systems to India by the end of 2021. Putin’s visit will be preceded by the first 2+2 dialogue of the foreign and defence ministers meeting and a joint military commission.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India on December 6: Key Agendas

During Putin’s visit to India on December 6, 2021, a number of pacts in the field of economy, defence, science and technology, trade are expected to be signed. The Summit will also witness the renewal of a framework for military-technical cooperation for the next decade (2021-31). A joint commission on technology and science is also likely to be announced.

India and Russia are at the stage of finalizing negotiations for the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) which is likely to be signed during the Summit or the first 2+2 dialogue of the foreign and defence ministers meeting.

The situation and developments in Afghanistan since the Taliban take over are also expected to be taken up during 2+2 ministerial dialogue and the Summit. In August 2021, PM Modi and Russian President Putin had announced to create a permanent channel between India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Russian counterpart Nikolay Patrushev for discussions relating to Afghanistan.

The visit of the Russian President coincides with the delivery of the first batch of the S400 air defence systems to India by the end of 2021. India and Russia had signed the contract for S400 air defence systems in October 2018.

Besides strategic areas of discussion, the COVID-19 crisis and overall health sector will also be discussed. India is a major production hub for Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

Also read: India likely to be first buyer of Russia’s S-500 anti-aircraft missile system

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Last, Russian President Putin visited India in 2018 for the Annual Summit during which the contract for S400 system was signed between India and Russia. The last edition of the Summit between India-Russia in 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19.

List of international presidential trips made by Vladimir Putin in 2021

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the visit to India on December 6 will be Putin’s second foreign visit in 2021.

The first foreign visit of Putin in 2021 was to Geneva for a summit-level meeting with US President Joe Biden. Putin had joined the G20 Summit virtually amid COVID-19 crisis in Russia.

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Content: “Policy of expanding cooperation ”: what issues will be discussed by the leaders of Russia and China during the visit of Xi Jinping to Moscow
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia on March 20-22.
According to the Kremlin, the agenda of the talks will include the development of strategic cooperation and the exchange of views in the context of deepening cooperation in the international arena.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that the visit of the head of the republic to Moscow will create new incentives for the development of relations between the two countries.
Political scientists emphasize that the arrival of Xi Jinping after his re-election as President of the PRC indicates that China continues its policy of expanding cooperation with Russia.
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On Monday, March 20, will begin a state visit to Russia by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will visit the country at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said.
"During the talks, topical issues of further development of relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China will be discussed," the release notes. - An exchange of views is also planned in the context of deepening Russian-Chinese cooperation in the international arena.
A number of important bilateral documents will be signed. ”
Later, the press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that on March 20 during an informal dinner, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will talk tete-a-tete, and on the 21st will be “the day of negotiations ”.
In turn, the assistant to the head of state Yuri Ushakov revealed some details of the upcoming visit.
According to him, during the talks, the leaders of the two countries will discuss, among other things, the situation in Ukraine and issues of military-technical cooperation.
Two main documents are expected to be signed: a declaration on deepening partnership and strategic cooperation, as well as a joint statement on the development plan for key areas of bilateral economic cooperation until 2030.
In addition, Ushakov said that March 20 will be published articles of the leaders of the two countries on relations between China and Russia.
At the highest level
The upcoming visit of the Chinese President was also commented on by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The official representative of the Ministry Wang Wenbin at a press briefing said that Xi Jinping ’ s trip to Russia will contribute to the promotion of strategic cooperation and practical interaction between the states.
“President Xi ’ s trip will be a visit to cooperation: it will strengthen bilateral cooperation in a number of areas to achieve greater harmony and cooperation between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as help both countries achieve their respective development goals, ” he said.
The Chinese diplomat stressed that the leaders will discuss important global and regional issues, noting that relations between Moscow and Beijing are of great importance in the context of increasing instability in the international arena.
Also, Xi Jinping intends to discuss in detail with Vladimir Putin the build-up of practical interaction between the two countries, said the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“During this visit, President Xi will hold a detailed exchange of views with President Putin on bilateral relations, major international and regional issues of mutual interest, strengthen strategic coordination and practical cooperation between the two countries, and give a new impetus to the expansion of bilateral ties, ” Wang said.
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The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC highly appreciated the Russian-Chinese relations, adding that they are based on a solid foundation and have great potential and space for development.
In recent years, President Xi Jinping and President Putin have maintained close contacts.
They set the course and the benchmark for ensuring sustainable, reliable and stable growth within the framework of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership and interaction entering a new era, ” Wang said.
Recall that since his election as President of the PRC, Xi Jinping has visited Russia several times.
He first arrived in Moscow on March 22, 2013, a week after taking office, and in September the leaders met ahead of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg.
In 2015, Xi Jinping took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, and two months later, the heads of state met in Ufa.
In 2018, the President of the PRC visited the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
The previous visit took place in 2019, when the Chinese leader first arrived in Moscow, and then visited the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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Against the backdrop of the ongoing changes in international relations, China and Russia have become even more aware of the importance of mutual support and cooperation.
Over the past ten years, a number of meetings of heads of state have been held in China.
In 2014, the leaders held talks ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing.
In 2016, Vladimir Putin twice visited China on official visits: to meet with the Chinese President and to participate in the G20 summit in Hangzhou.
In May 2017, the president arrived in Beijing to participate in the One Belt, One Road forum, and in September, the BRICS summit was held in Xiamen.
In 2018, Putin visited China, and in 2019, the events of the second international forum “One Belt, One Road ” took place.
Finally, in February 2022, the Russian leader attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and held talks with Xi Jinping.
The last time the two leaders met in person at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand in September last year.
Russia has repeatedly noted that in recent years bilateral relations with China have reached an unprecedented high level.
In particular, in February, at the government hour in the State Duma, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this.
In his speech, he noted that Moscow and Beijing are “vigorously working ” to strengthen the strategic partnership,“ which has reached a historically unprecedented high and trusting level. ”
“The foreign policy relationship between Moscow and Beijing cements the foundation of the emerging polycentric architecture, serves as a balancing and stabilizing factor in world affairs, ” Lavrov said.
At the same time, the head of Russian diplomacy noted that, like Russia, China is under pressure for its commitment to a multipolar world order.
“China is imposing sanctions on chips / semiconductors, wanting to prevent it from breaking out.
They are trying to “elevate ” Taiwan (two or three producers) in order to“ belittle ” China in this economic competition.
This process (the formation of a multipolar world. — RT) is a historical era.
Do not “shut down ” in one day what is happening between China and the United States, China and the EU.
That's trillion-dollar investment.
To break them overnight is to create great hardships for the people.
The West is going for it.
They don ’ t care, ” Lavrov said.
• Xi Jinping at the CPC Plenary Congress
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• © Lintao Zhang
We highly appreciate the level of relations with Russia and in China.
Thus, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Qin Gang at a press conference on March 7 noted that the link between Moscow and Beijing is an important guarantor of global stability, while Washington ’ s “lost common sense ” policy is pushing the world to disaster.
“The more stability is lacking in the world, the more important it is to strengthen Russian-Chinese ties, ” the minister said.
Qin Gang added that Russia and China, by their example, showed the world how to build strategic good-neighborly relations, and proposed a new type of interstate cooperation.
“These relations will continue to develop and rise to new heights, ” the Foreign Minister expressed confidence.
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In an interview with RT, the head of the HSE School of Oriental Studies Andrei Karneev noted that Xi Jinping ’ s visit to Russia had been planned since the beginning of the year.
“This visit is a confirmation of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive strategic partnership.
There is a lot of speculation in the world media about the arrival of Xi Jinping, but above all, this visit will prove that the cooperation between Russia and China stands the test of time.
It gives the parties an opportunity to exchange views on a wide range of issues on the international agenda, on the situation in world politics, as well as to discuss bilateral ties in trade, economic, cultural and other areas, ” the source said.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Chinese Communist Party Congress
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A similar point of view was expressed by the head of the sector of economy and policy of China of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies IMEMO RAS Sergey Lukonin.
At the same time, the political scientist recalled that this trip will be the first foreign visit of the President of the PRC after he was re-elected for a third term.
“This underscores the special status of China-Russia relations.
There are both breakthroughs and certain difficulties.
However, in general, everything is fine, and the movement towards a multipolar world continues, ” the expert said.
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The arrival of the Chinese leader is also especially important in the context of unprecedented restrictions imposed by the collective West against Russia, Sergei Lukonin believes.
“The fact that the leader of the second economy of the world is coming to us, once again emphasizes that the policy of sanctions is unsuccessful.
Another significance of Xi Jinping ’ s visit is that our strategic partnership with China is developing and no one has driven a wedge between us.
At the same time, Xi Jinping ’ s visit to Russia is also important for Beijing itself.
China is just as much in a state of active competition with the United States as Russia.
And the current visit of the PRC leader demonstrates that Russia is China ’ s closest partner in this confrontation, ” the political scientist said.
Moreover, the trends that have developed in China in relation to the Russian Federation do not change, said Lukonin.
China also sees Russia as its closest partner.
This visit just emphasizes that, despite the reshuffle in the leadership of the PRC, with the exception of President Xi Jinping, there will be no serious changes in relation to the Russian Federation, and the policy of expanding cooperation will continue, ” the source concluded.
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Content: To rely on a security role for Russia and China is a fantasy!
To rely on a security role for Russia and China is a fantasy!
Despite US and Western intelligence agencies and think tanks asserting that the priority of the US and Western strategy is to contain China and Russia and to turn from the priorities of the "permanent wars" and confrontations in the Middle East during the past two decades in the post-Cold War era, al-Qaeda attacks in New York and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The survival of America until it became its Achilles ’ heel, with America ’ s permanent wars, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iran ’ s nuclear program, America ’ s wars on terrorist organizations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia, and dealing with the repercussions of the Arab Spring in the Arab republics.
Today, despite the confused withdrawal from Afghanistan – and Russia ’ s war on Ukraine in its sixth month – the Biden administration has realized that there is no escape from its survival and its return to repeat its commitments and stay in the region.
President Biden ’ s speech at the Jeddah Summit on Security and Development criticized the American retreat from the Arab Gulf region without military withdrawal, especially after the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer, which deepened the crisis of distrust of the American ally from the Gulf allies.
Some non-specialists who promote mirage claim that China and Russia can fill some of the vacuum of American retreat, and they point to Russia ’ s return to the Middle East through Syria in September 2015 – its contribution to its destructive war by keeping the Assad regime in power over the remains and blood of Syrians, especially in Aleppo, Idlib and elsewhere – the reformist alliance with Iran and futile attempts through strategic dialogue with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Fifth Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the GCC and the Russian Federation » at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh on June 1, 2022.
Russia ’ s introduction of an energy security initiative in the Persian Gulf did not achieve any breakthrough or acceptance.
But even before its war on Ukraine, Russia succeeded in intervening and playing into strategic vacuums in Syria, Iran and the Gulf, increasing the sale of arms deals to Egypt, the UAE, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, with which it signed a military cooperation agreement last summer, as well as cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the field of energy within the group.
Opec Plus to stabilize oil prices.
But Russia ’ s war on Ukraine has put the Gulf states and America ’ s allies in the region, especially Israel and Turkey, in an embarrassing position – for not condemning the war. The modest performance of Russian forces, the inability of their military to resolve the war, the human losses of Russian and Ukrainian forces, and the high cost to civilians after six months raise questions about miscalculation, efficiency and harsh sanctions on Russia. Russia seeks to fill the strategic vacuum left by the American retreat in the region, which weakens Russia ’ s position and role in the Middle East, where it seems confused and at a high cost to those who cooperate with Moscow and punish from the West.
The modest performance of the Russian forces, the inability of its military machine to resolve the war, the casualties of Russian and Ukrainian forces, and the high cost to civilians after six months raise many questions about miscalculation, miscalculation, and the efficiency of the Russian forces.
This is true of China, which is more interested in securing the adjacent territory and the shoreline of its borders and areas of influence in Taiwan and the South China Sea.
In the phone call between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping a few days ago, it was striking that the positions differed – and the Chinese President warned President Biden: “Those who play with fire will burn with it.
I hope the Americans understand that! ”
In a warning to America not to interfere in Taiwan, China regards it as a rebellious territory — and President Biden ’ s insistence on sticking to the US position on Taiwan on one China — not to recognize Taiwan ’ s independence or establish relations with Taiwan and encourage its independence.
This followed statements and fiery threats from China to push US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan in August, to cancel her visit.
China stands out more than Russia in the American strategy as a major source of challenge and competition for the United States at various political, military, economic and even technological levels, so the United States formed many alliances of countries in the region of the so-called "Indo-Pacific", including Japan, South Korea, Australia and India.
In May 2022, US Secretary of State Blinken launched the US strategy towards China, describing China as the only country capable of influencing and changing the composition and reality of the world order.
So China stands out as the biggest challenge to the United States.
But China, which signed a quarter-century $400 billion agreement with Iran in 2021 — China ’ s investment was expected to exceed $16 billion a year over 25 years, but in fact it did not exceed $4.7 billion between 2005 and 2020!
China ’ s presence in Iran and the region remains limited despite the doubling of arms sales to countries in the region in recent years, but China does not have the capacity of military expansion, military capabilities, military bases, or military presence despite its gigantic “One Belt and One Road ” project – at least partially, as some expect or hope – to compensate for the US military retreat.
China has only one orphan military base in the region since 2007 in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
Despite its significant investments in the Belt and Road in Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Oman.
The US also intervened, according to the Wall Street Journal, to stop the construction of a Chinese military base at Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi and the construction of a Chinese missile assembly complex in Saudi Arabia.
But China refuses to take a clear and decisive position on many issues and crises in the region, especially the Arab-Israeli conflict or on human rights issues and other issues.
One of the motivations for President Biden ’ s visit to Saudi Arabia and the region and participation in the Jeddah Summit for Security and Development, as well as reassuring Gulf allies, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan that America remains and will not withdraw from the region, was his assertion and repetition that his administration will not allow China, Russia and even Iran to fill any vacuum.
Despite not being convinced by these claims, however, relying on a security role for Russia and China in the region remains a fantasy.
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Content: Pre-empt Ukraine 2.0 in the Indo-Pacific

[ Suresh Chandra Mohanty ]

We will probably never come to know the full dimensions of Chinese opportunistic complicity in the initiation and continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict. There are credible speculations, especially in Western media, that Xi Jinping was aware about the impending Russian invasion and apparently engineered calibration of its launch after the Winter Olympic Games. Predictably, China has continued to abstain from voting at the UN resolutions against the Russian invasion. The joint declarations after President Putin’s visit to Beijing on 4 February reiterated that the relationship between the two countries is iron clad and there is no limit of friendship and no forbidden areas of cooperation, probably displaying tacit support to the invasion. While maintaining its stand on sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, over three weeks into the conflict, China, besides refraining from condemning the Russia aggression, has, to the contrary, slammed Western sanctions against the logic of history, driven by strong internal dynamics. Come to think of it, irrespective of the outcome of the conflict, China tends to make long-term strategic gains by mortgaging Russia’s future. If Russia loses, it will make it inextricably economically and militarily dependent on China in the long term, fulfilling the latter’s aspiration of becoming the undisputed leader in Asia. If Russia wins, it will be a collective debacle for the West, strengthening China’s quest for dominance in the Indo-Pacific region and the world.

Will China exploit the same logic in the Indo-Pacific to invade Taiwan, display aggressiveness along the LAC with India, in the East China Sea or South China Sea? President Putin justified the logic of invasion, partly (besides Kyiv’s aspiration to join the NATO) by saying that “Ukraine is an inalienable part of Russia’s history, culture and spiritual space. Ukrainians have been independent only for a few decades, are orthodox Christians sharing their religion with Russia.” The Chinese cite similar historical logic for territorial expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region, whether it is the 11-dash line first articulated by the Kuomintang government of the ROC in 1943, later revised to 9-dash line by the CPC in 1949, blatantly disregarding the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in favour of Philippines in 2016. Its belligerence along the LAC with India, in total disregard of mutual agreements in 1993, 1996, 2003, 2012 and 2013, and against its proclamation in 7 November, 1959, when it articulated the concept of LAC in the western sector and unofficially recognised the McMahon Line in the eastern sector, opining areas of settled population could not be altered (meaning Aksai Chin on Chinese side and Arunachal Pradesh on Indian side) are indications of hardening its illegitimate claims. As the military and economic asymmetry kept on widening since the ’60s, incursions into Chumar, Depsang, Chumbi Valley and claiming entire Arunachal Pradesh to be part of South Tibet, as also incursions into Nepal and Bhutan became more strident. Echoing similar sentiments as Russia, the Chinese defence spokesperson in a daily press briefing on 9 March, 2022 mentioned that Chinese people live on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and are brothers and sisters of blood ties and a family sharing the same destiny.

Tibet continued to be a sovereign and independent country with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, till 1950, when China invaded Tibet, terming it a peaceful liberation, forcing it to sign the 17-point agreement in the absence of the Dalai Lama and killing nearly 87,000 Tibetans. A Tibetan government continues to function in exile with the last election held in April 2021. Unfortunately, there was not even muted opposition to Chinese occupation of Tibet either from the western world or even India.

What are the broad tenets of avenging the ‘century of humiliation’ and the great Chinese rejuvenation? Convenient interpretation of history to restore Chinese glory by territorial expansionism? Should we extrapolate the same logic to the concept of ‘Akhand Bharat’ which posits modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Sri Lanka and Myanmar as one nation? As civilizations evolved, new countries have emerged from national consciousness, political constructs and sovereign polity ruled in the name of a community of citizens.

President Putin was reasonably confident that any support to Ukraine would be confined to diplomatic support, supply of military hardware and economic sanctions which will have limited impact, especially if the Chinese are on board. Direct involvement of either the US or its NATO allies was ruled out even before the conflict began for the fear of a wider conflagration with likely nuclear exchange, for which both the US and the NATO had little appetite. The Russian nuclear brinkmanship has indeed paid off.

As it turned out, Russia has gone the full distance to achieve its politico-military aims with Ukraine left alone in the battle. Even in the domain of sanctions, there are serious reservations amongst the EU members in view of their excessive dependence on Russian gas and oil. The plan to provide MIG 29 by Poland to Ukraine through the NATO airbase in Germany in exchange for F 16 from the US has fallen through due to serious hindrances in implementation and fear of a wider conflict.

As regards China, notwithstanding the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, further strengthened by the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative Act of March 2020 and freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, the American strategic ambiguity with regard to its support to Taiwan against unilateral and forcible unification with China persists. The Act does not guarantee that the US will intervene militarily if the PRC invades Taiwan. If the US support to Ukraine is any indication, it will only strengthen the Chinese resolve to invade Taiwan as the US penchant to get involved in a war far away in the Indo-Pacific is doubtful, given the recent history of its hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan. China continues to be relentless in its propaganda warfare in the legal, media and psychological domains to further consolidate its territorial and maritime claims in the region, including making operational the Land Border Law on 1 January, 2022, in addition to the Maritime Traffic Safety Law and the Coast Guard Law passed last year.

If the international community intends preventing a Ukraine 2.0 in the Indo-Pacific region, the time to act is now. First, the enabling provisions of the Taiwanese Relations Act would have to be more robust and declaratory in form of specific response by the US to sequenced and calibrated expansionism by China. The Chinese violated the Taiwanese ADIZ 969 times in 2021 against a modest 380 times in 2019. Concurrently, the AUKUS and the Quad would have to be invigorated.

Second, the US intelligence community would find it extremely difficult to penetrate the ring-fenced CCP decision-making architecture due to its closed society and impregnable firewalled communication system, as against the Russians, where the US had reasonably accurately predicted Putin’s invasion planning and build-up of forces. The joint intelligence mechanism backed up by technical support would have to be strengthened to monitor, detect, preempt and counter every move of the Chinese in the Indo-Pacific region.

Third, the Chinese propaganda and disinformation campaign will have to be aggressively thwarted by a joint approach by all affected nations. The story needs to be told and international opinion built against the Chinese belligerence before it is too late. A list of sanctions needs to be prepared jointly by coalition of nations to impose costs on Beijing progressively in preparation for its invasion and not await military action as in the case of Russia. China will be a much more formidable economic opponent than Russia has been. Diversification and consensus building amongst regional and extra regional powers will be imperative to exert punitive impact on Chinese economy.

Fourth, on the military font, deterrence capabilities of key allies to include Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan will have to be further upgraded. Nations affected by Chinese coercive activities, including Vietnam and Malaysia, will have to stockpile critical supplies and military wherewithal, including weapons, ammunition, sensors, etc. The ASEAN lacks the EU solidarity. However, it cannot remain hostage to Chinese divide and rule machinations. Strategic reserves of rare earth minerals, energy supplies and medical equipment will be required to mitigate periods of disruption. India would have to fight a lonely battle in the high Himalayas. It therefore ought to build up its reserves of critical military equipment, especially considering the ever-increasing closeness between China and Russia, besides evolving a robust and credible quid pro quo strategy in the entire spectrum of conflict. The domains of cyber, electronic warfare and space will play significant role in the non-contact warfare domain and will need to be comprehensively addressed.

Fifth, forward presence of the US, the UK, France and Australia along Japan’s southern island chain and across northern Australia would reinforce Indo-Pacific’s eastern and southern perimeters.

The power imbalances are stark and heavily loaded in favour of China when it senses an opportunity to fulfil its geopolitical ambitions by aggressive and destabilising activities against territorial integrity of sovereign countries. We are already behind the curve and it will require a joint effort to stem the tide. Lessons from Ukraine 1.0 should not be lost sight of. (Maj Gen Suresh Chandra Mohanty is security adviser to the government of Arunachal Pradesh.)

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22: 57 Modi prays to Ram.
The factor of Hinduism in the world parade of sovereignties - Andrei Melnikov
21: 17 Russia should closely monitor the new government of Kazakhstan, - Roman Yuneman
21: 10 Ponts destroyed the national team of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup
21: 08 The West is preparing dirty tricks for the election of the President of Russia, - V. Mikheev
21: 00 The ideal choice of Zelensky: the janissary at the head of the Wehrmacht of Ukraine, - Sergey Leskov
20: 56 Battle of Politimet: the largest defeat of the army of Alexander the Great (lessons of TsAhistory), - A. Kleimenov
20: 55 in pain.
Blinken once again made a tour of the Middle East, - K.Loginova
20: 51 Clan factor in the management and formation of Turkmenistan
20: 48 Internal and foreign policy of Kyrgyzstan in the new conditions: the balance inside and outside, - St.Pritchin
16: 49 Western NGOs in Central Asia: with a bacon snout - Renata Alimova
15: 51 Reboot or "awed for soap"?
Commanders of the APU change not in Kiev, but in Washington - Vladimir Malyshev
15: 47 Turkey: Western financial pressure on Russia will only increase, - Dm.Nefedov
14: 40 Andrei Bunich: NATO will not save Finland from socialist revolution
13: 11 Heydar Aliyev Street was renamed in Astana.
No longer relevant?
13: 03 President of Mongolia Khurelsukh receives Russian Deputy Prime Minister in honorary yurt
12: 53 Kazakhstan.
Will the sea reach Aralsk: what do they do for this?
12: 47 The collection of essays by V. Katasonov "George Orwell 's novel" 1984 "and modernity" is published
At 09: 20, Biden was accused of losing top-secret documents.
Worked at home...
08: 14 Activities of US Special Services in the Republic of China during the Civil War (1927 – 1950), - Y.Levin
The US Senate voted for the package allocation of “assistance ” to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan 95 billion dollars
07: 53 US is preparing to retaliate in Iraq - Elnar Baynazarov
04: 22 Tucker Carlson ’ s interview with Vladimir Putin
02: 01 Russia and Iran switched to settlements in national currencies
01: 51 Chief of Tashkent Transport Department Djuraev detained for embezzlement and official forgery
01: 49 What will be the fifth presidential term of Ilham Aliyev
00: 46 Are Almaty citizens afraid of the repeated descent of the landslide
How presidential elections were held in Azerbaijan - Igor Karmazin
00: 35 Ukrainian Through the Looking Glass: Zelensky ’ s Fantasies and the Truth of History - I.Shumeiko
Iran drags Afghanistan into war against Israel - Nezavisimaya Gazeta
US Army Veterans Pursued by ‘ Silent Killer ’ – Cancer – V.Prokhvatilov
00: 00 Ukrainian footballers because of “politics ” refused to play with clubs from Central Asia
Thursday, 08.02.2024
23: 35 Erdogan uses Russia in two forms
21: 43 Seymour Hersh: the undermining of the “Northern streams ” the United States drove a wedge between Russia and Europe
The United States is trying to unravel the tricks of Putin and Kim: Moscow and Pyongyang confused America
21: 34 Ramzan Kadyrov became a knight of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the second degree
20: 56 Putin cancels completely inappropriate visit to Istanbul
19: 43 Zelensky appointed new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Russia Alexander Syrsky
18: 22 The President of Kyrgyzstan received a letter from the United States.
Blinken worried about Kyrgyz civil society - "K"
17: 25 In Uzbekistan do not refuse the turn of the Siberian rivers
17: 17 Will the Rothschilds buy Kyrgyzstan?
17: 11 In Kazakhstan continue to arrest "Kantar rebels" from the organized crime group "Arman Wild"
17: 01 In the Parliament of Kazakhstan introduced a mandatory mask regime
16: 51 "Red carpet" for the West.
Dangerous games of Central Asian elites, - S.Kozhemyakin
16: 48 Railway through Afghanistan found investor
15: 07 Artificial intelligence is destroying the media, - Jim Albrecht
15: 05 Avdiivka cauldron: Time for the APU is running out, 10 thousand Bandera residents can get into Russian captivity
12: 11 Ilham Aliyev scored 92.1% of votes according to preliminary results, - CEC data
12: 04 Explosions on the eve of the election.
More than 20 people have died in Pakistan.
11: 28 Czech "vampires" again attacked Belgorod.
And the Czech Republic... sharply increased purchases of Russian gas
10: 59 Billionaire from the Forbes list Anisimov refused Russian citizenship.
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Blinken once again made a tour of the Middle East, - K.Loginova
20: 55 09.02.2024
His No. 5 Attempt: Blinken once again toured the Middle East
The US still wants a truce in Gaza
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made his fifth visit to the Middle East since the beginning of the military conflict in the Gaza Strip.
He first visited Saudi Arabia, then Egypt and Israel.
Its main goal is to achieve a new ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
However, if the Palestinians want a permanent truce, then Israel does not agree to this, the authorities of the country would like to release the hostages from Gaza, and in two months to resume the military campaign against Hamas.
Details - in the material "News".
In the footsteps of Kissinger
“Blinken ’ s tour is almost analogous to what [former US Secretary of State] Henry Kissinger did on the eve of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
The question is, will it be as successful as Kissinger ’ s or not? ” asks the Arab publication Asharq Al-Awsat.
The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said: “The hostage release deal is in the national security interest of the United States and will lead to a pause in the fighting that will help people in Gaza. ”
“It ’ s no secret that the Biden administration needs victories on the foreign policy front.
Any and as soon as possible.
But the clock is ticking - until November there is not much time left, "the publication says.
On the eve of the visit, the head of the state Department instructed his staff to develop options for possible recognition of the Palestinian state.
According to the American portal Axios, several options are considered.
Among them are the refusal to prevent the UN Security Council from accepting Palestine as a full member state, the bilateral recognition of Palestine, and the encouragement of other countries to recognize Palestine.
Sent Cossack: US Secretary of State flies to Central Asia
He plans to meet with the leaders of the countries and hold talks in the format of "C5 + 1"
The head of the British Foreign Office, David Cameron, also announced the readiness of London to consider the recognition of a Palestinian state.
However, he stressed the main condition for such a decision - "after the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the leaders of the radical Hamas movement must leave the enclave."
Before the arrival of the American Secretary of State, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech that was addressed more to Americans than to his own citizens.
“Israel is a sovereign state.
We appreciate the support we have received from the Biden administration since the beginning of the war.
But this does not mean that we do not have disagreements, ” he said.
What will happen next, given the fact that half of US citizens believe that Israel has “gone too far ” in the Gaza war?
A recent survey conducted by the Associated Press in conjunction with the National Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Chicago (NORC) found that 50% of Americans believe that Israel in the Gaza Strip has “gone too far. ”
Two months ago, this figure was 10% lower.
The survey also showed that if earlier 44% of Americans considered Israel an ally that shares the interests and values of the United States, now this figure reaches 35%.
Unexpected guest: why Blinken came to Ukraine for the fourth time
Is the United States interested in the beginning of peace talks between Moscow and Kiev?
Peace Agreement with Riyadh
The administration of Joseph Biden is interested not only in the achievement of a truce and the release of Israeli hostages, but also in the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Last year, the parties were close to concluding a peace agreement, but after October 7, Riyadh made it clear that potential contacts and signing a peace treaty with Israel would depend on its direct steps to recognize Palestine.
In early February, there were reports that the Saudis, interested in concluding a defense agreement with the United States in exchange for the normalization of Tel Aviv and Riyadh, will not demand from Israel concrete steps to recognize the Palestinian state.
It is now enough for Israel to make a political commitment to move in that direction.
This, according to Reuters, would be a “diplomatic victory ” Biden, which is good for him in the run-up to the presidential election.
After a visit to Saudi Arabia, Blinken said that Riyadh does not refuse to normalize relations with Tel Aviv, and also stressed that in order to improve dialogue, Israel must stop military operations in Gaza and prepare reliable plans for the creation of a full-fledged Palestinian state.
There are contradictions in the Allies.
The most difficult negotiations were ahead of Blinken in Tel Aviv - recently, contradictions have accumulated between the partners.
The United States is urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the situation in Gaza.
However, the head of the Israeli government rejected the peace plan for the Gaza Strip and announced his intention to fight until “absolute victory ”.
Block cluster: the United States is building a coalition on the Korean Peninsula
Did the head of the State Department manage to revive attention to Ukraine and set up the region against the Russian Federation?
In addition, he strongly opposes any recognition of a Palestinian state by individual countries or by the UN.
“I will not compromise on the issue of full Israeli security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River – and this contradicts [the idea of creating] the State of Palestine, ” he wrote on the social network X.
The head of state explained that he discussed in detail with Netanyahu and the heads of the national security services the course of the military campaign, the purpose of which is to defeat Hamas and "progress in achieving the main goal - to ensure that October 7 never happens again."
He added that the United States continues to “work closely with Israel and Lebanon, making diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions. ”
“Although there are some clearly unattainable conditions in the Hamas response, we still believe that there are some opportunities for reaching an agreement.
And we will work tirelessly on it until we get there, ” Blinken said.
At the same time, he began to make harsh statements about the ally.
In particular, the Secretary of State said that in the Gaza Strip "innocent civilians are still dying and there are still too many victims."
He also condemned the rhetoric of some officials in the Israeli administration, stressing that it "contributes to the further escalation of the conflict" and fuels tensions at the international level.
Development of the North: Blinken went on a visit to Sweden and Finland
US Secretary of State visits allies in preparation for NATO summit
At best, a truce
Researcher of the Department of the Near and Post-Soviet East of the INION RAS Vasily Ostanin-Golovnya in a conversation with Izvestia noted that Blinken ’ s previous four Middle Eastern tours were not successful.
- It is hardly possible to talk about open contradictions between the US State Department and the Pentagon, but the launch of Operation Prosperity Guardian (to protect ships in the Red Sea from attacks by the Yemeni Houthis. - Ed.) complicated the negotiating background.
However, there is a certain chance of success now, as Egypt and Qatar - the main mediators between Israel and Hamas - have done a tremendous amount of preparatory work.
And the United States remains only to convince the parties to accept themselves as the main guarantor, - said the political scientist.
According to the expert, this is where the diplomatic bargaining begins.
The United States and Israel have been strategic allies since the 1980s, but this partnership obliges a lot, despite changes in the domestic political situation of both countries.
“The parties understand that it is necessary to be friends with benefit for themselves, but at the same time remaining faithful to the basic principles, so the United States and Israel are looking for a compromise option, since elections are soon in America and it is necessary to take into account the mood of the pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel electorate, ” the expert explained.
In Turkey - not a foot: Blinken talks in Ankara ended in nothing
Erdogan did not give up on any of the items on the bilateral agenda
He added that in Israel the situation is not so simple, given the pressure on Netanyahu “hawks ” from law enforcement agencies, the army and representatives of political parties.
At the same time, Netanyahu is aware that Israel will not have enough resources to wage a war on a large scale for too long, which means that it is necessary to either enlist external support or look for some way out of the situation - to finish off Gaza and offer new conditions that will allow maintaining a certain balance, albeit in the short term.
As for the recognition of Palestine by the United States, there are many nuances and formalities, said Ostanin-Golovnya.
The United States is engaged in dialogue, and there are Palestinian representations in the United States
But the question arises which kind of Palestine Washington provides some support.
On the one hand, there is a moderate West Bank with a Palestinian National Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas.
On the other hand, there is the Gaza Strip, where power is concentrated in the hands of Hamas, they oppose not only the existence of Israel, but also the Palestinian National Authority.
The United States says it is ready to support Palestine, but only a moderate one, like the West Bank.
He noted that there is also the question of what borders the United States recognizes Palestine, given that the Palestinians and most Arabs demand to do so within the 1967 borders.
This will require Israel not only to liberate the Gaza Strip, but also to withdraw from the Golan Heights.
According to the interlocutor, the maximum in the current situation is to talk about a truce, and not about peace.
Binding grain: what issues will be discussed by Lavrov and Blinken
Negotiations between the representatives of the Russian Federation and the United States should take place in the near future
No room for manoeuvre
Orientalist, publicist, author of the telegram channel "Eastern Gate" Andrei Ontikov believes that lately there is a feeling that all the diplomatic moves and attempts of Israel to conclude a truce are nothing more than an imitation and only a desire to show that the country is committed to a diplomatic settlement.
- For example, in Paris, with the participation of Qatar and Egypt, a draft document on the ceasefire was agreed, it was handed over to Hamas, which generally spoke in a positive way.
However, Benjamin Netanyahu took a step back, saying that the fighting will continue, "the political scientist explained in a conversation with Izvestia.
He added that with all the proposals that come to Israel, the same thing is happening.
- I draw this conclusion: there is diplomatic work, in which Qatar, Egypt, the United States are involved, Hamas and Israel are involved, but the Israeli Prime Minister directly says that he intends to expand the ground operation on the city of Rafah, located on the border with Egypt, where the border crossing is located.
Cairo is still opposed, the expert said.
Middle East Wind: Can Blinken Bring Israel and Palestine Together?
With what the US Secretary of State went to the region
He noted that Israel ’ s plans to expand the zone of ground operation are already gaining rumors.
The first is that Israel demands that Egypt put pressure on the Palestinians so that those refugees in the south of the Gaza Strip can return to the north and Israelis can enter Rafah with less difficulty.
Rumor number two is that the Israelis proposed to the Egyptians to move the border crossing from the city of Rafah to the south, at the junction of the borders of Israel, the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the expert said.
- Against the background of diplomatic maneuvers, talks about a truce, specific plans for the continuation and expansion of the Israeli ground operation are being discussed in the press.
Netanyahu predicted the defeat of Hamas in a few months, noting that Israel ’ s victory was “at arm ’ s length, ” Ontikov said.
According to the expert, this means that the Prime Minister is determined to continue hostilities.
Netanyahu is under pressure from the radicals, any sustainable ceasefire, let alone the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, is likely to cost him the chair of prime minister, and possibly freedom.
He understands that very well.
In addition, the head of government himself made many promises about the elimination of Hamas, which will be difficult to give up, the analyst stressed.
Ontikov added that if we talk about a stable ceasefire, this kind of agreement should include reinforced concrete guarantees for Netanyahu that he will retain the post of prime minister.
- In this case, a window of opportunity will open for a truce, a ceasefire and even the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip.
I do not see any room for Netanyahu to maneuver so that he could somehow get off the current road, which implies the continuation of hostilities and movement towards escalation, "the Izvestia interlocutor summed up.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday plans to further develop the Russian nuclear triad.
"Our plans include further development of the nuclear triad as a guarantee of strategic deterrence and maintaining the balance of power in the world," Putin said at a meeting with graduates of higher military educational institutions.
"Certainly, we will strengthen our potential, enhance the combat capabilities of all branches and types of the armed forces, put into combat duty the pride of our designers, engineers, and workers — the latest systems that have confirmed their qualities and truly unique characteristics, and continue working on advanced models," he continued.
Putin also promised to continue improving the command and control system for troops and weaponry, increase the effectiveness and quality of combat training, and conduct exercises, including those with the participation of friendly states.
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Speaking about the creation of a Eurasian security system, Putin said that Russia is ready to discuss it with various associations, including NATO.
"Recently, at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I outlined our vision of working to create equal and indivisible security in Eurasia. We are ready for a broad international discussion of these key, vital issues, both with our colleagues in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the CIS, EAEU, BRICS, and with other international associations, including European and NATO states," Putin said at a meeting with graduates of Russian higher military educational institutions.
Such a discussion will be naturally possible only when these associations are ready, Putin added.
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New Delhi: The annual India-Russia summit in New Delhi on 6 December culminated in new defence deals and more than two dozen pacts in diverse areas. On the sidelines, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hailed the S-400 air defence missile systems deal with India, and openly accused the United States of undermining India-Russia cooperation and trying to make India “obey American orders”. The Delhi-Moscow bonhomie was closely watched in Washington, with a distinct sense of unease about the impact the S-400 deal may have on India-US relations. In this wide-ranging interview, Dr Mukesh Aghi, President & Chief Executive Officer of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, says that the US won’t impose sanctions on India under CAATSA for S-400, as such a step can set India-US partnership back by decades and will only benefit the US’ key adversaries, China and Russia. Mr Aghi also spoke about the likely agenda for the 2+2 dialogue between the foreign and defence partners of India and US and the future trajectory of India-US economic partnership. Excerpts:

Q: From the India-US economic perspective, there is some good news. The meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai resulted in the revival of the India-US Trade Policy Forum. To what extent do you think this revival will help reboot the larger economic relationship?

A: Well, I think now you have a platform, a platform where you can put up the issues and have a candid discussion. There’s a process now. If you have lawyers and bureaucrats who focus on commas and semi colons in an agreement, then you will not get a trade deal. We’ve been talking between the US and India for the last 20 plus years, and the same issues continue to persist. And we keep on adding more issues like GSP withdrawal. We have to think out of the box to move India-US economic partnership to a higher plateau.

Q: What about prospects of more  American FDI coming into India? Do you think now American businesses are responding better to India’s investment climate?

A: There are three factors at play here. First, China has become a risk factor. Companies are saying, where is my China plus one strategy? Second, India has made a lot of effort in improving the ease of doing business, making India a better investment destination itself. Schemes like Production-linked Incentive (PLI) are encouraging US companies to look at India afresh. Third, there is abundance of capital in the US. The capital cost is almost zero now in the US. The combination of all three things is driving more FDI into India. If you talk to investors in America, the interest in India is extremely high. The Indian economy is growing. They want to be part of this resurgent economy.

Q: What’s the status of India-US FTA negotiations? Do you think that is moving forward?

A: We have started the process. But the question is, do we want to try to boil the ocean? Or do we want to say—let’s take small bites, and leave them chewable and go to the next bite and next bite? To me, that could be a better approach than trying to boil the ocean.

Q: India and the US were planning to have 2+2 dialogue between their Foreign and Defence Ministers. It seems it’s now postponed to January next year. What will be the key issues on the agenda?

A: The 2+2 will focus more on geopolitical issues. It’s going to be strategic. The two sides will definitely talk about China, Afghanistan, terrorism, cybersecurity and defence cooperation between the two countries.

Q: Do you have a wish list for the 2+2 dialogue?

A: Our wish list is we should look at the Quad more. Let’s look at how we basically drive an economic agenda under the Quad umbrella. If you look at the combined GDP of the four Quad countries, it’s over 32 trillion dollars. India needs at least one-and-a-half trillion-dollar worth of infrastructure investment. There is a lot of synergy between the two countries. Japan has the funding and the knowhow. Australia has high-tech environment. If the Quad focuses on its economic agenda, it will bring enormous benefits to the world.

Q: You are here in India at a time when we just had the India-Russia annual summit where India and Russia concluded quite a few defence deals, including one $700 million deal for jointly making assault rifles. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took a dig at the US and accused it of undermining the S-400 deal.  Do you see the S-400 deal attracting  US sanctions under CAATSA?

A: I think it’s in the interest of Russia that the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is imposed on India. It is in the interest of China that CAATSA is imposed on India. For (Russian Foreign Minister Sergey) Lavrov to proactively poke at the United States in a summit with India was undiplomatic. The relation between India and the US is not at the cost of relations between Russia and India as long as it is not at the cost of the US. It’s important to understand that India maintains its strategic independence here. Now, if CAATSA is imposed, my position is that India is a sovereign nation. It has the right to decide what equipment it buys and from whom. And at the same time, if we look at S-400 pointed more toward China than anybody else, then it only serves interest of the US. From this perspective, I don’t think the Joe Biden administration will impose CAATSA sanction on India for S-400 purchase. If at all sanctions are applied, it will set the US-India relationship by a few decades.

Q: So, it’s in the larger interest of the US and given the broad bipartisan consensus on sustaining the momentum in relations, it is extremely unlikely that they would contemplate such a move.

A: Absolutely.

Q: Ten months hence, how do you look at the quality of India-US relationship under President Biden. In Donald Trump, we had a mercurial politician who was prone to all kinds of theatrics. Do you think now there is more stability in the partnership?

A: There is more maturity in the India-US relationship; there is more predictability and there is a sense of a consultative process between the two countries. Above all, there is an acceptance that the two sides may have different viewpoints in some areas, and there is respect for that. Now, we don’t have transactional issues like Harley Davidson coming in the way.

Broadly speaking, the Biden administration is taking a much more structured approach to dealing with India than the Trump administration, which was very transactional. So now, they are putting all the bricks together in areas ranging from healthcare to technology. I am very optimistic and see the India-US relationship going further, higher and deeper in every aspect.

Manish Chand is Founder-CEO of India Writes Network, India and the World magazine and Centre for Global India Insights, a think tank focused on global affairs.

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Content: India's strategic autonomy is paying dividends

New Delhi is keeping its distance from the principles of Cold War 2.0 and seeking advantage from diverse relationships

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By Sushanta Mallick and Brigitte Granville

Published: Sun 14 Aug 2022, 9:41 PM

Last updated: Sun 14 Aug 2022, 9:50 PM

If there was a prize for the most quotable comment on international relations so far in 2022, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar would be in the running. Responding to criticism of his country’s neutral stance on the Russia-Ukraine war at a security forum in Slovakia in June, Jaishankar said that “Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems.”

Like most major crises, the war is shedding stark light on our era, and India’s response to it is particularly illuminating. India’s current foreign policy does more than just exemplify how the conflict has intensified deglobalization trends. It also highlights the paradox inherent in the country’s increasing emphasis on “strategic autonomy” as the world fragments into rival power centers: the United States and its alliance system versus China and Russia. The essence of this paradox is that India’s quest for self-reliance – keeping its distance from the principles of Cold War 2.0 and seeking advantage from diverse relationships – entails multidimensional international engagement.

For example, European politicians painfully weaning their countries off imported Russian energy have criticized India for buying more Russian oil – after Western sanctions reduced its price by about a third relative to the world market price. Indian purchases of Russian crude increased to 1.1 million barrels per day (mbpd) by late July and now account for over one-fifth of Indian oil consumption, compared to just 2% last year.

The standard official Indian response is that, despite Europe’s extensive sanctions, the continent’s energy trade with Russia still dwarfs India’s. More tellingly, however, India’s purchases of discounted Russian oil are not only cushioning the blow to itself as an energy-importing country, but also helping to prevent even more economic pain for Europe. If the 4.3 mbpd of crude oil that Russia sold to the West last year (or six mbpd including oil products) had no alternative markets like India, the world oil price would be even higher.

Recognizing the importance of keeping Russian oil on the market, the G7 has now come up with an alternative sanctions strategy that could present India with its next big test. The West’s Plan A was to combine, by the end of 2022, a partial embargo on direct imports of Russian oil with an attempt to choke off Russian oil exports to third countries by leveraging Western (and especially British) dominance of the global marine insurance market.

Plan B is the so-called “price cap” mechanism. This would allow Russia to continue exporting oil but set a maximum price just sufficient to cover its production costs, thereby depriving the Russian state of any war-financing rent.

When the price cap scheme was first officially aired at the G7 summit in June, several leaders, notably German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, publicly questioned its viability – especially regarding compliance by third-party buyers of Russian oil. Even if Russia agreed to the cap, who would get access to its deeply discounted oil, and who would pay the full market rate? Russia would be much more likely simply to reduce output, hoping to offset its losses with the resulting further price surge for whatever residual oil exports evaded the Western insurance net.

Either way, India will be in a pivotal position. While Russia’s opaque oil sales to China will continue regardless, India can look forward to various arbitrage opportunities. It will continue importing substantial quantities of Russian oil at ever cheaper prices. And in the event that such imports weakened Western measures to squeeze Russia’s oil rents, the US would be unlikely to threaten – much less impose – secondary sanctions on India.

After all, successive US administrations – under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden – have refrained from using their legal powers under existing legislation to place secondary sanctions on India for continuing to buy Russian weapons. The reason for this is clear: A closer security partnership with India has become a vital part of America’s China policy. Specifically, the Quad – an informal security grouping comprising the US, Japan, Australia, and India – has emerged as a cornerstone of US Indo-Pacific strategy, and would not survive the US sanctioning one of its members.

Of course, the US-India security relationship is mutual, given tensions with China on the Himalayan Line of Actual Control – as the deadly June 2020 border skirmish showed. India has an interest in keeping Russia close and not allowing a monolithic and estranged Russia-China Eurasian axis to loom over the Indian subcontinent.

India is playing this multifaceted game adroitly. In defense procurement, it has acquired advanced Russian S-400 air-defense systems and agreed to extend until 2031 the licensed local production of Russian weapons. But it has also increased arms purchases from NATO members, notably France.

Moreover, India has ample options for managing broader US sensitivities vis-à-vis Russia. For example, Russia urgently needs to replace industrial inputs that it previously imported from the West. This could provide further opportunities for Indian exports, which are already a third higher than their pre-pandemic level, owing in part to the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (“self-reliant India”) stimulus program for manufacturing. Increased Indian pharmaceutical and automotive exports to Russia need not involve military support of the kind that has already led the US to sanction various Chinese electronics manufacturers, as announced on June 28.

India’s relations with Russia are part of its nuanced and multidimensional foreign policy. This approach means that the upcoming 75th anniversary of Indian independence will coincide with the country achieving significant – and advantageous – geopolitical autonomy.

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Senior Russian diplomat hopeful India aware of risks behind US idea to create repairs hub

Sergey Ryabkov described the ongoing defense cooperation between the United States and India as rather active

SOCHI, June 23. /TASS/. Moscow is confident that New Delhi is fully aware of the risks inherent in a US proposal to create a maintenance and repairs hub for warplanes and warships in India, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS on Friday.

"Of course, I cannot but state that the United States has intensified attempts to bring India into its geopolitical structures. Toward that end, both formal and informal bodies are being set up. Other Western countries, too, have also been seeking closer ties with India," he noted.

When asked to comment on the US plans to build a hub for maintenance and repair of its warships and aircraft in India, Ryabkov said, "I am confident that our Indian partners, being quite experienced and well versed in the intricacies of contemporary global politics, are fully away of the risks that all of this may entail."

The senior Russian diplomat described the ongoing defense cooperation between the United States and India as rather active. "Meanwhile, India has been and remains one of our largest partners in this domain," he insisted.

According to Ryabkov, Russia will continue to deepen its partnership, including defense ties, with India, despite US chicanery. Moscow and New Delhi have been developing a number of lucrative projects of interest to the Indian side, the senior Russian diplomat said.

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In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

weapons supply
security & military
weapons joint production

What do Putin and Modi officially characterize Russia/ India relationship as?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

weapons supply
security & military
weapons joint production

What do Putin and Modi officially characterize Russia/ India relationship as?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

weapons supply
security & military
weapons joint production

What do Putin and Modi officially characterize Russia/ India relationship as?

In what fields are India and Russia cooperating?

weapons supply
security & military
weapons joint production

What do Putin and Modi officially characterize Russia/ India relationship as?

The relationship was formalized through various agreements, including the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Cooperation, and later the 2001 Strategic Partnership Declaration.

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Cairo newspapers highlight President Sisi ’ s reception of Russian intelligence chief
Cairo newspapers on Wednesday highlighted President Abdel Gattah al-Sisi ’ s reception yesterday of the head of the Russian foreign intelligence service, and dealt with a number of news of local affairs and the situation in the Gaza Strip.
On its front page, under the title “Egyptian-Russian coordination to defuse regional tension, ” Al-Ahram newspaper reported that Egypt and Russia agreed to continue coordination and consultation between the two countries on regional and international issues, in order to achieve the interests of the peoples of the two countries in light of the historical relations between Cairo and Moscow.
The newspaper pointed out that this came during the reception of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, “Sergei Narishkin, ” the head of the Russian foreign intelligence service, and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Minister Abbas Kamel, head of the General Intelligence.
Presidential Spokesman Dr. Ahmed Fahmy said that the meeting dealt with the developments of the regional situation, especially ways to achieve stability in the Middle East, in light of the crisis in the Gaza Strip, the escalation of regional tension, in addition to addressing a number of African issues, counter-terrorism files, and international developments, especially in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
The meeting also reviewed Egypt ’ s efforts to calm the situation in the region through communication with all parties, stressing Egypt ’ s view of the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the delivery of humanitarian aid in sufficient quantities, as the essential step to defuse regional tension, while stressing the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive settlement. The Palestinian cause and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, in order to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East.
On the local issue and under the title "Madbouli: Presidential mandates..
Quickly solve the problems of troubled projects, ” reported the newspaper "Republic", that Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, the interest of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the file of troubled projects in a number of sectors, and the speed of completion of these projects and their entry into service.
The newspaper pointed out that this came during a meeting held by the Prime Minister yesterday to follow up the current situation of a number of troubled projects in the presence of Dr. Asim Al-Jazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Mr. Al-Qusair, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Major General Hisham Amna, Minister of Local Development, Eng. Ahmed Samir, Minister of Trade and Industry., and officials of ministries and concerned authorities.
She added that Madbouly reviewed the position of a number of troubled projects according to the report prepared by the committee to follow up and study the troubled state projects and their completion, pointing to the solution of many obstacles that faced a number of projects in different sectors and their implementation was completed and entered service.
The newspaper pointed out that during the meeting, Major General Amr Abdel Moneim presented a detailed statement on the work of the committee to follow up and study the state projects that have been stalled at the level of the governorates of the Republic, and the projects that are ending their faltering in a number of service sectors, including the position of factories producing school meals, and the position of the project to improve water quality at Kitchener Bank. The situation of a number of villages stumbling on the desert dahir project.
The Minister of Agriculture gave a presentation on the position of the school feeding project, which aims to provide a meal to feed school students in coordination and cooperation between the Ministries of Agriculture and Education, reviewing the operational capacities of the factories involved in the project over ten years, starting from the financial year 2015-2014 until the current financial year, as well as the challenges facing the sustainability of the project.
Under the title "Madbouly: Small Enterprises Achieve Development Goals", Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that the Prime Minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, stressed the importance of the role played by the Small, Small and Micro Enterprises Development Authority in light of the impact of small, medium and micro enterprises in achieving the development goals in Egypt.
The newspaper pointed out that this came during a meeting with Dr. Mostafa Madbouly with Bassel Rahmi, CEO of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises Development Authority, to follow up the efforts of the Authority during the past period in the development of projects and entrepreneurship and review future plans.
Rahmi reviewed the performance of the EAD through a number of quantitative indicators in the period from January 2023 to February 2024, where he explained that the EAD was able to provide 319.1 thousand jobs, facilitate and provide services to 173 thousand small and micro enterprises, as well as finance small and micro enterprises with a total amount of 6.347 billion pounds.
Under the title "The arrival of the delinquent gas tanker from the Gulf of Aqaba to Safaga," the newspaper "Al-Jumhuriya" reported that the port of Safaga received the liberal gas vessel CLAUDIA GAS after the success of its floatation after its landing at the Gulf of Aqaba in South Sinai as a result of a sudden engine failure and its exit from the port of the Gulf of Aqaba to Sharm El Sheikh. Gas or fuel leakage, which is 158 meters long, 21 meters wide and 5.6 meters deep.
The newspaper pointed out that Major General Engineer Mohamed Abdel Rahim, President of the Red Sea Ports Authority, followed the entry of the ship on the pier by the guides and crews of the Authority, where the experience and training at the highest level for towing, guidance and rescue operations, and directed to raise the readiness of the marine units at the port and provide facilities to carry out the operation and maintain the safety of the ship. Marine units capable of handling.
In its follow-up to the situation in the Gaza Strip, Al-Ahram newspaper reported that amid Israel ’ s insistence on continuing its bloody war on Gaza, the occupation army warned its residents to return to the northern Gaza Strip, and demanded, through his spokesman Avichai Adrai, to stay in the shelters south, and avoid trying to return to the north, in order to preserve their safety. “According to a statement from his office.
Netanyahu told the soldiers that fighting Hamas is “part of a larger campaign, ” noting that“ Iran stands behind Hamas, Hezbollah and others, but we are determined to win there, ” adding that the death toll of the Israeli army ’ s war on Gaza, which entered its 193rd day yesterday, has risen to 33,843 martyrs and 76,575 wounded, since October 7.
Medical sources pointed out that the occupation army committed five massacres against families in Gaza, including 46 martyrs and 110 injuries to hospitals, during the past 24 hours, coinciding with the confirmation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, yesterday, that the occupation government continues to impose illegal restrictions on the entry and distribution of aid in Gaza, hours after the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of a disaster if humanitarian aid is not delivered to Palestinians throughout Gaza.
On the other hand, Sameh Shoukry, the foreign minister, stressed that talks on reaching a ceasefire in Gaza are still ongoing and have not stopped, and stressed in his interview to CNN, Egypt ’ s categorical rejection of any ground operation in Rafah.

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Content: Putin in Beijing: alliance of necessity and long-term partnership
Books / Mezher Jabr Al-Saadi …
Certainly, the relations and partnerships between the countries of the world, including the great and the great and the middle powers, whether economic, military or political; governed and controlled by the economy, but to say otherwise, is nothing but a word that does not exist on the ground of actual reality.
That is, these relations are governed by interests in the first and last, and nothing other than interests.
And also that these relations or interests; the ruler of them; is the principle of the mecha-phili (the end justifies the means), and the saying about the principles of international law and morality, to which the great powers, and indeed all the great powers, are bound by their obligations; what is only, or its purpose; is to beautify the faces of these great powers, and provide ample space in the media; to market this cheating discourse.
In recent days, in light of the escalating tension between NATO and America on the one hand and Russia on the other, some Russian analysts, or one of the Russian analysts, have suggested that the situation is ripe for the establishment of a military and economic alliance between Beijing and Moscow to confront NATO and America, and this supposed alliance could include other countries, North Korea, Iran, Belarus, Pakistan and Syria; to be parallel in force. Military and economic, for NATO, as was the case when the Warsaw Pact existed during the Cold War, it is going to be larger than NATO, and more morally and morally influential.
The talk here is still for Russian analysts; to complement one of them what will lead to, this alliance of changes and transformations in the reality of the struggle for leadership and influence in the world, indicating; this Russian-Chinese alliance comes, at the end, or ends the plans of NATO, that is, America to dominate the world.
From my humble point of view, I do not think that this alliance will see the light of day, or that China is in the process of entering into any alliance with Russia, that is, this assumption, has no chance of having a presence at present or in the future.
Russia also needs this partnership for reasons related to trade, economy, and most importantly in energy, in addition to other reasons, no less important than the above, and the most important of these reasons; economic, commercial, financial, political, diplomatic, and military cooperation, as one axis in the face of the US encroachment.
As for entering into a military and economic alliance, this is another form completely different from this partnership, as China, as I have indicated above, is not in the interest of entering into such an alliance with Russia.
But why?
Because, this alliance imposes military obligations on both sides of the alliance, when one side of the ally is attacked, or goes to war with the other, the United States and behind it NATO, in a more precise and clear sense; China will be forced to enter, at present, or at any time later; a war with America and NATO, when there is a war between America and NATO on one side and Russia on the other.
This does not exist in the thinking of the Chinese mind, the decision-maker, and in Chinese planning for the future, under any circumstances, except when China is exposed to blows from NATO and America, which is impossible at present, and even in the foreseeable future.
China does not want to enter into any conflict; neither now nor in the foreseeable future, even in the medium term, unless it is forced to do so, and this is also unlikely under the current conditions of conflict, in which the economy, trade, finance and business occupy a large area of this conflict, if not; it is all the space in terms of tools and means, rules and standards of labor governing the conflict; in obtaining the desired results from the two adversaries of the US and China. its next development.
America ’ s use of Taiwan, human rights, jealousy, Tibet and others, such as its encirclement of China by alliances, are only elements of pressure and depletion of the Chinese economy; to limit the development of this economy, and not to engage in military confrontation or threat of it, at least for the time being and in the foreseeable future.
As for the conflict between Russia and America, it is not in the economy, trade, finance and business, but in the trimming of Russia's arms, or the cutting of its military lists, so that these lists are unable to move in the spaces of what was known at the time, the Soviet Union, and its vital area in Eastern Europe.
Until it is suffocated within the limits of its geography, while pushing it into an arms race, which drains it economically as was the situation in the former Soviet Union, which was one of the most important factors in its collapse; the arms race, and the financial cost of this race; leading with the progress of time to shake its internal entity and disrupt the foundations of its pillars.
China, unlike Russia, is able to provide all the elements and requirements of this race, without negatively reflecting on its internal situation; this is what America is working to reduce these capabilities.
China ’ s conflict with the United States is very different from Russia ’ s conflict with the United States.
In addition, China simply wants to devote itself to consolidating and strengthening its strike force, that is, to have a deterrent force parallel to America and Russia.
Its entry into an alliance with Russia makes or undermines and reduces its room for maneuver in this direction.
It also affects its extensive and expanding economic relations with EU countries.
It will also affect its economic, trade and investment relations with other countries in the corners of the globe, from those with which America has a relationship of partnership, alliance, friendships or other forms of relations, the latter is the most in number, capacity and spread, and also in broad areas and levels.
This impact will be very large, if not completely less in obtaining undiminished total results; under pressure and influence from the American side; leading to the removal of China in terms of economy, investment and trade, and many more, from countries loyal to America, or that, these countries that move in the American spaces.
The other important thing, which is no less important than what I mentioned above, but is in a reciprocal relationship with him; is that any Chinese alliance, or any Chinese alliance with Russia, will affect its plan in the Belt and Road; that is, raise or remove neutrality, in other words, more clearly; reduce the space of its movement, that is, be with specific countries, some of them may not fall on the path of this geographical route, as explained....
The second aspect, which is the entry of some countries into this supposed alliance, is nothing but dreams that do not exist in reality on the ground, or there are no realistic and objective factors that favor this assumption in terms of turning it into reality.
Because the third world countries, in most of them, and what I mean; are free countries in their decisions and the policy of determining their interests, and they are certainly few compared to other countries that have, in one way or another, relations with America and the West, these countries, although few; do not prefer or do not want to enter into military and economic alliances; because it makes them an instrument in a conflict, in most respects, not in their interests. I did not say all his fields, or that he does not serve them or serve their interests, but rather that he makes them a victim of this conflict, especially when it turns into a military confrontation.
The conflict of great powers such as China, Russia and America, the basis of which, starting, planning and action; is to control and obtain the benefits, in the vital areas that are created through this conflict.
Therefore, most countries in the world, especially the third world countries, have no interest in entering into these alliances or this supposed Sino-Russian alliance, or that Russian analysts assume.
The Russian president, speaking from Beijing, which he is visiting to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing, said that Russian-Chinese relations or strategic partnership, as described by Putin, are greater than any alliance.
The Russian president did not ignore the fact, but he has revealed this fact: the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership imposed on them by the circumstances of the conflict with the American adversary; it remains a strategic partnership, which does not rise, or is not converted into an alliance between the two partners.
This statement in itself provides the answer to the question: Will this strategic partnership ever become an alliance, or sometime in the future?
Of that partnership; it is unlikely to turn into an alliance, as we have shown above.
If the situation between the two partners was not the same as it was highlighted above, the issue of establishing an alliance between them would have been discussed not so long ago, which is an important issue for Russia, contrary to the Chinese desire and decision; in light of the tensions, clashes and conflicts between America and the West in general, although the latter to a lesser extent and with low ceilings, and between the Russian-Chinese axis.
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Content: The world order in Chinese: it ’ s time for a single global “village ” to set reasonable trends
Tensions with the West have reached unprecedented levels.
Many began to talk about the premonition of a new world war: it is enough for someone, even accidentally, because of a nervous breakdown, to press the trigger, on the button - and troubles do not pass.
Washington, acting in close cooperation with Brussels and London, is ready to risk the well-being and fate of all mankind in a blind thirst for domination over the world.
If the West is divided and destroyed, the East offers a different path.
China, with its vision of a community of humanity ’ s common destiny, is a prime example.
The other day, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov quite accurately and succinctly described the state of affairs on the “fronts of the cold war ”: in relations with Western countries, a very conflictual potential is accumulating.
This is primarily because the West categorically does not want to conduct business on an equal, mutually beneficial basis, to seek a balance of interests, but wants to promote exclusively its vision of solving a particular problem.
In his speech at an expanded meeting of the board of the Russian Foreign Ministry, President Vladimir Putin recalled how treacherously, in violation of all the promises given to Moscow, the expansion of NATO to the East was taking place.
Western partners, with whom we had almost allied relations at some historical moment, ignored our warnings and, as a result of several waves of expansion, pushed NATO ’ s military infrastructure close to Russia ’ s borders.
The North Atlantic Alliance shows a clearly confrontational attitude: in particular, the unmotivated expulsion of our diplomats from the Russian mission in Brussels led to the breakdown of all mechanisms of dialogue.
According to the head of state, our "partners", to put it mildly, superficially treat warnings about "red lines".
This applies to missile defense systems in Romania and Poland, which can be used to deploy strike weapons, flights of strategic bombers 20 km from our state border, conduct provocative military maneuvers in the Black Sea and other regions nearby to us, and supply Kiev with modern lethal weapons.
The United States (along with the Czech Republic) is officially declared an unfriendly country by the Russian authorities.
Five years ago, Washington began to practice large-scale bans and restrictions on Russian diplomats, and then supplemented them with a raider seizure of our embassy buildings.
Cooperation between Russia and the EU is experiencing serious difficulties, opportunities for cooperation are narrowing, as the European Union has adopted from its Washington suzerain the vicious practice of illegitimate sanctions, unfriendly actions and unfounded accusations.
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A completely different picture emerges in the eastern direction.
The partnership is actively developing within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which is one of the most influential centers of the multipolar world.
Russia ’ s cooperation with ASEAN contributes to maintaining stability and security and contributes to sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
In the future, this should lead to the implementation of the Russian initiative to create the Greater Eurasian Partnership as a single space of security and mutually beneficial cooperation.
The key to the success of the Greater Eurasia project is the mutually beneficial, friendly relations between Russia and the People ’ s Republic of China, which have the character of a strategic partnership and are a model of effective interstate interaction in the 21st century.
In July, the two states celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation.
Covering the meeting of the two leaders in the format of a video conference, Xinhua reported the words of Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Russia and China are firmly supporting each other on issues affecting their fundamental interests, jointly defending true multilateralism.
The parties expressed their readiness to jointly protect the international system, the center of which is the UN, and to protect the world order based on international law (and not on American rules), to oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of “democracy ” and“ human rights ”, against the imposition of unilateral sanctions, agreed to jointly promote universal values and the construction of a community of a common destiny of mankind.
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According to historian Zheng Jielan of the Shanghai University of Foreign Languages, the concept of a community of common destiny of mankind is rooted in ancient Chinese traditional culture and aimed at a prosperous future for the whole world.
It is full of Eastern wisdom, appreciates the ideas of friendly cooperation and joint development.
Comparing the ideological attitudes of the leaders of Russia and China, it is easy to establish certain similarities in terms of respect for traditions, healthy conservatism and reliance on the experience and wisdom developed by previous generations.
“Only by remembering the past can we see the future, ” Xi said,“ only by carefully preserving the old can we create the new.
We must go to the future, drawing strength from the past.
Only in this way will we be able to meet today ’ s challenges. ”
In his speech at the 19th CPC Congress, Xi Jinping noted that China intends to “constantly introduce Chinese wisdom ” into the process of reforming and upholding the system of global governance, playing the role of a responsible major power.
According to Confucius in the book "Lun Yu", noble people are in harmony with other people, having different views.
There is also a famous Chinese expression: "One flower does not make spring, spring comes when all the flowers bloom."
Hence the understanding that the world is colorful, it is necessary to respect the characteristics of other countries, including beliefs, social systems and ideologies, to conduct a friendly dialogue between different civilizations.
Another thesis of Confucianism is: "to harmonize ten thousand neighboring countries" - that is, to strive to settle relations between peoples peacefully.
This tradition was continued by the philosopher Meng Tzu ("to conquer others with virtue") and the representative of Taoism Lao Tzu, who spoke about the negative consequences of war.
Unlike the West, which relies entirely on the argument of force instead of the force of argument, China has always adhered to the principle of peace in the process of exchange with other peoples.
Another expression from the classic of Confucianism, "Lun Yu" - "a noble man thinks of morality, a low man thinks of profit" - is the basis of a policy aimed at fair trade, protecting the interests of not individual, privileged countries, but the entire world community.
In contrast to the policy of the West, which does not hesitate to resort to destructive sanctions and trade wars for its own benefit, China proposes to conduct business on the basis of the principle of joint gain and sharing.
According to Wang Yiwei, director of the Institute of International Relations at Renmin University of China, the concept of China ’ s global development is the heritage of all mankind, where sovereignty is respected and a system of inequality is rejected, in which the weak depend on the strong.
In one of his speeches, Xi Jinping noted that humanity lives in a single global “village ”, in a single space and period where we are all interconnected.
In the face of profound changes in the international environment, peace, development, cooperation and win-win must be the main trends of the era.
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