Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, said-“India is not Russia’s biggest oil buyer”

Moscow: Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the third day of his Moscow visit. During this time, talks were held to give a new dimension to the bilateral strategic relations of India-Russia. The meeting took place in Moscow. A day before this, Jaishankar also met the first Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Manturov. During this, Jaishankar said in response to a question by reporters that India is not the biggest oil buyer in Russia, but it is China.

“China is Russia’s biggest oil buyer”

Dr. S. Jaishankar said, “We are not Russia’s largest oil buyer, it is China. We are not even the largest LNG (liquid natural gas) buyer, it is the European Union. After 2022, we are not even the highest trade growth country with Russia; I think we are in the south. Some countries are in the south. We are the countries where Americans are saying that we have been saying that we have to buy the world energy market for the last few years. By the way, we also buy oil from America and have increased its quantity. Therefore, we do not understand the argument that you (media) mentioned … “

Russia-Ukraine war also discussed

In a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said, “… We discussed development in Ukraine, West Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan on regional issues. India’s approach continuously emphasizes that dialogue and diplomacy are necessary to resolve differences.”

India will increase business of agriculture, pharma and textiles from Russia

Jaishankar said, “We confirmed our shared ambition to increase bilateral trade in a balanced and durable manner, including India to increase exports to Russia. This requires rapid removing non-fee obstacles and regulatory bottlenecks. It is necessary to rapidly remove non-fee obstacles and regulatory hurdles. Increasing India’s exports in areas like agriculture, pharma and textiles will definitely help in improving this trade imbalance.”

Defense cooperation will be strengthened

Jaishankar said, “Our defense and military-technical cooperation also remains strong. Russia supports India’s ‘Make in India’ target, including joint production and technology transfer.”

Raised the issue of Indians serving in Russian Army

Jaishankar said that during a conversation with Lavarov, “The issue of Indians serving in the Russian army has been released. Although many have been released, some cases are still pending and some are missing. We hope that the Russian side will resolve these cases quickly.”

Jaishankar indicates changing geopolitical conditions

Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said, “Today’s meeting gives us an opportunity to discuss our political relations and bilateral partnership. We are now preparing for the annual summit to be held at the end of the year. Our leaders have always given us guidance to pursue our special strategic relations. We discussed many issues related to bilateral cooperation and also found many solutions.

I want us to advance bilateral dialogue so that maximum results can be achieved when the annual summit is there. The global background of our meeting is the changing geopolitical status, changes in economic and business scenario and our shared priority-to take maximum advantage of each other’s capabilities. “

Lavrov said that multi -polar arrangement will be fruitful

Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov said, “… It is a multi -polar system of international relations, in which the role of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), BRICS and G20 (G20) is constantly increasing … I hope that today’s conversation will be fruitful …”

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