Chennai, 16 Dec. 2024 2024 has turned to be an eventful year of the Russian-Indian relations, marking 77th anniversary of the establishment of our bilateral ties. This cooperation has continue to develop in the complex geo political environment of the world’s objective transformation into a qualitatively new polycentric model. The intensified political and economic dialogue between the two countries reflects their natural aspiration towards a deeper and more expanded engagement with the due focus on broader strategic interests.
The important milestone was the bilateral summit in July 8-9 in Moscow. The rich deliverables of the leader’s interaction comprise a slew of agreements underpinned by the mutual commitments to strengthen multifaceted cooperation in economic, trade, financial, energy, scientific, cultural and transport logistics fields, including in the increased operationalization of North-South and Vladivistok – Chennai corridors, accelerations of FTA talk between the Eurasian Economic Union and India.
Russia and India maintained close cooperation in the leading joint international platforms – BRICS, G20, SCO. The XVI BRICS summit, held in Kazan, Russia on October 22-24 as proved to be one of the issues of common economic and financial agenda, as well as the further membership expansion of the grouping, that has evolved in the world’s present – day most attractive and ambitious non-Western geoeconomics project.
Our countries actively contributed to the positive outcome of a G20 summit in Brazil on November 18-19 by promoting the role of the global south and East majority in the world’s mainstream political and financial institutions.
The SCO summit in Astana (Kazakhstan) on July 3-4 witnessed the Russian and Indian energetic participation in the combined efforts to build the stable and predictable Eurasia which is passing through the process of consolidation patently manifested in the SCO expansion in the recent years
The multilayer Russia-India strategic partnership, resting on the long-term time-tested and trust-based collaboration will celebrate it’s 25th anniversary in 2025. It will continue to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our peoples in the rapidly evolving world dynamics