India’s relations with US not criteria for ties with Russia: Lavrov

Russia fully respects India’s national interests and the independent foreign policy being pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said, asserting that India’s ties with the US or any other country cannot be a benchmark for New Delhi-Moscow ties.

- Press Trust of India

Sergei Lavrov

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Lavrov, who addressed the UN General Assembly shortly before External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s speech at the high-level General Debate, said India and Russia share a “particularly privileged strategic partnership”.