{"id":102545,"date":"2021-04-21T09:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T03:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=102545"},"modified":"2021-04-21T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T03:55:19","slug":"why-india-russia-relations-demands-reconsideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-russia-relations-demands-reconsideration\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India-Russia Relations Demands Reconsideration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent visit of Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister to India has once again highlighted the issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/reviving-india-russia-relationship-explained-pointwise\/\">India-Russia bilateral relations.<\/a> As Russia has been a good friend to India, it demands a reconsideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The year 2020 witnessed a break in the annual India-Russia bilateral summit. Before this, the leaders of two countries met every year for the last 2 decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister visit aimed at preparing the ground for the next India-Russia bilateral summit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Outcome of the visit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint statement was released on areas of cooperation and collaboration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The diverging issues were less focused like views over Afghanistan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Russian foreign minister was not able to meet the Indian PM. This was an unprecedented event and shows the existence of numerous concerning issues between the countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Concerning Issues in India-Russia relations:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Indo-Pacific region: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia doesn\u2019t welcome the use of the term Indo-Pacific. Because it symbolizes US leadership, thus it prefers to use the term \u2018Asia Pacific\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>QUAD Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Russia views the grouping as a political-military alliance against the Russia-China grouping. Furthermore, the US wants to use the grouping as a tool to counter China\u2019s rise as a superpower.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Declining India-China relations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The recent border clashes in Galwan region have marked a new low in relations. On the other side, there has been an enhanced collaboration between Russia and China. For instance, Russia accounted for 77% of China\u2019s arms imports in 2016-20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Russian closeness with Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Russia is increasing its proximity with Pakistan as seen especially in the defense sector. Consequently, it is now Pakistan\u2019s second-largest defense supplier, accounting for 6.6% of its arms imports in 2016-20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>CAATSA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Many Russian companies are listed as adversaries under the CAATSA (Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act). This may impair future Russia-India interaction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Importance of Russia:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>All-weather Friend: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bilateral relations between the countries had stood the test of time. Russia provided constant support to India since its independence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Defence Cooperation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) records that Russia supplied 49% of India\u2019s arms imports in 2016-20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>India\u2019s Strategic Interest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The geographical location of Russia and India automatically demands cordial relations amongst them. Because this would fulfill India\u2019s strategic interest in Central Asia and West Asia. Further, it will help in materializing projects like the International North-South Transport Corridor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Way Forward<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India needs to<\/span><b> carefully glide through the new alliances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world order. The gliding must enable the country to maximize its global influence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, the country should leverage Russian potential in its future endeavors like India\u2019s manned space program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both the countries should <\/span><b>cooperate on current commitments <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like a $1 billion Indian line of credit for projects in the Russian Far East and activation of a Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GGJ8GH33O.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis:\u00a0The recent visit of Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister to India has once again highlighted the issues in India-Russia bilateral relations. As Russia has been a good friend to India, it demands a reconsideration. Background: The year 2020 witnessed a break in the annual India-Russia bilateral summit. Before this, the leaders of two countries met every year&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-russia-relations-demands-reconsideration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why India-Russia Relations Demands Reconsideration?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1474,1333],"class_list":["post-102545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-foreign_policy_india","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704863844},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}