Talks in Moscow set stage for Modi’s visit to Russia
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia in December, the foreign ministers of India and Russia held wide-ranging talks to firm up the agenda for the annual summit …
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India-China ties: Lakhvi ghost shadows Modi-Xi talks, but focus on bright new future
The ghost of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi hung in the winter air in Ufa as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the twin summits, a meeting that was marked by much bonhomie despite the discordant note struck by Beijing over the Lakhvi issue.
Significantly, this was the fifth meeting between the two leaders in a year, bilaterally and on the margins of various multilateral summits, which underlines a new phase of intense and accelerated engagement between the two Asian giants, which are often viewed through the Western prism of rivalry and competition.
The meeting saw Mr Modi fondly reminiscing about his visit to Xian, China’s fabled city of Terracotta Warriors and home province of the Chinese president, in May this year, and his wide-ranging talks with the Chinese leader on the future trajectory of relations between the two Asian powers.
Read MoreIndia, Russia to fast-track nuclear cooperation
Infusing a new burst of vitality in their time-tested relationship, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to accelerate civil nuclear energy cooperation between the two nations. The two also discussed mechanisms to jointly produce cutting-edge weaponry that could take their decades-old military relationship to a new level.
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