Stressing on counter terrorism and boosting economic ties, India and Russia strengthen bilateral cooperation

New Delhi, December 11: Russia and India share a close bilateral relations stressing major mutual interest in various field. Strengthening the ties, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday met a Russian Parliamentary delegation and held wide-ranging discussions over key issues such as countering terrorism and boosting economic ties. Russian Parliament Chairman ‘State of Duma’ Vyacheslav Volodin called for enabling a legislative framework to fully tap the immense potential of bilateral cooperation between India and Russia.

The Russian Parliament Chairman Volodin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss monitoring of the 2019 general elections.

VP Naidu also stressed that the Indian leadership was paying significant attention to the development of the Indian-Russian relationship. Recalling the traditional bonds of friendship between the two counties, India and Russia underscored the need to further intensify cooperation in the present world order. Volodin stressed on the need for enhancing parliamentary exchanges between the two countries to enable necessary legislative framework to fully harness the potential of India-Russia ties in various sectors.

 

The Russian Delegate urged the committees of parliaments of both the countries to be more proactive in this regard. He said, "There is a need to further build upon the traditional friendship between the two countries for mutual advantage in the fields of economy, human development and cultural cooperation.”

 

Referring to the special and privileged strategic partnership in various multilateral forums, VP Naidu said the 19 annual bilateral summits between their leaders since 2000 and the recent "very productive" meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin reflected the solidarity between the countries. He said the convergence of views between India and Russia on various international and multilateral matters needed to be taken forward through parliamentary exchanges. VP Naidu referred to "the menace of terrorism" threatening the socio-economic fabric across the world and called for increased global cooperation against it.