Putin has this message for the newly elected Indian President: “We attach great importance…”
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to India's newly elected President Draupadi Murmu on Friday.
What happened: On Thursday, Murmu was elected the country's first-ever tribal president as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party garnered over 60% of the total value votes in parliament for their preferred candidate.
Following this, many congratulatory messages poured in from world leaders, including one from Putin.
In a message to Murmu, Putin said: "We attach great importance to special privileged strategic partnership relations with India. I hope your activities as head of state will promote the further development of the Russian-Indian political dialogue and productive cooperation in various fields for the benefit of our friendly nations and in the interests of enhanced international stability and security."
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India has been reluctant to directly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Although he provided preliminary aid to Ukraine after the Russian invasion, he never took a strong stance against Putin's military action.
While China reaffirmed its support for the Kremlin, India even abstained from voting in the United Nations General Assembly on a draft resolution to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in April.
Russia also said at the BRICS summit that its trade with China, India, Brazil and South Africa had jumped more than 38% in the past three first months of the year, despite "politically motivated sanctions". of the West for the invasion of Ukraine.
The country has also been hoarding Russian oil amid global sanctions, silently showing support for its bilateral ties with Putin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to India's newly elected President Draupadi Murmu on Friday.
What happened: On Thursday, Murmu was elected the country's first-ever tribal president as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party garnered over 60% of the total value votes in parliament for their preferred candidate.
Following this, many congratulatory messages poured in from world leaders, including one from Putin.
In a message to Murmu, Putin said: "We attach great importance to special privileged strategic partnership relations with India. I hope your activities as head of state will promote the further development of the Russian-Indian political dialogue and productive cooperation in various fields for the benefit of our friendly nations and in the interests of enhanced international stability and security."
See also: India elects tribal woman to be its youngest president: PM Modi says 'beam of hope' for citizens < /p>
India has been reluctant to directly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Although he provided preliminary aid to Ukraine after the Russian invasion, he never took a strong stance against Putin's military action.
While China reaffirmed its support for the Kremlin, India even abstained from voting in the United Nations General Assembly on a draft resolution to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in April.
Russia also said at the BRICS summit that its trade with China, India, Brazil and South Africa had jumped more than 38% in the past three first months of the year, despite "politically motivated sanctions". of the West for the invasion of Ukraine.
The country has also been hoarding Russian oil amid global sanctions, silently showing support for its bilateral ties with Putin.
Find out more Benzinga coverage in Europe and Asia innext < em class="core-block">this link.
Photo: courtesy of ΝΕΑ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ on Flickr
© 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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