Swaraj met Lavrov on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok. She said the ties between the two nations were solid like a rock, according to a tweet by the Indian embassy in Russia.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday told her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the “rock solid” friendship between the two countries cannot be weakened by anyone.
Swaraj met Lavrov on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok. She said the ties between the two nations were solid like a rock, according to a tweet by the Indian embassy in Russia.
Earlier in the day, Swaraj attended the India-Russia Business Dialogue at the forum, where she said India was keen to expand its economic ties with Russia’s resource-rich Far East and sought Russian government’s assistance in facilitating Indian investors in the region.
She said the leadership of the two countries had identified trade and economic relations as a top priority in their overall partnership and both the nations made “very significant” investments in each other’s countries last year.
“India invested $5.5 billion in the oil sector in Russia. The largest Russian investment in India of $12.9 billion, which is also India’s largest FDI, was concluded last month in the oil sector between Rosneft and Essar,” she said at the India-Russia Business Dialogue at the Eastern Economic Forum held in Russia.
“Politically, India has the best of relations with Russia. We have been partners for seven decades, and our friendship has expanded to almost all sectors of human activity,” Swaraj said.
“There has been no better time to engage with India. I can assure our Russian friends that in India, a warm welcome awaits them,” she added.
Deals inked
India invested USD 5.5 billion in the oil sector in Russia
India will provide an annual grant of USD 10,000 to fund the study of Indology at Far East Federal University
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