Russia, India Talk Up Strategic Partnership

RUSSIA AND INDIA stressed their commitment to a "strategic partnership" in bilateral security talks in Moscow on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on imports from India because of its purchases of Russian oil.

- REUTERS

Interfax news agency quoted national security adviser Ajit Doval as saying that New Delhi was looking forward to a visit from President Vladimir Putin by the end of the year.

At Doval's meeting with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's security council, both sides emphasized the importance of the countries' relations.