Moscow:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday expressed confidence that India’s tenure as the SCO and G20 Presidencies will build a multi-dimensional cooperative relationship between the two countries and will strengthen stability and security in Asia as well. like the whole world.
While India officially assumed the Presidency of the G20 on December 1, it assumed the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on September 16.
In his New Year’s message to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Putin noted that Russia and India will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2022 and are based on a tradition of active friendship and respect. mutual respect, the two countries continue to develop special relations. privileged strategic partnership, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Putin said that the two countries have carried out large-scale commercial and economic projects in addition to energy, military technology and other areas of cooperation, and coordinated efforts to solve important issues of the two countries. regional and global agenda.
“I am confident that India’s commencing chair of the SCO and G20 will open up new opportunities for building a multi-way Russia-India partnership for the benefit of our people, for the sake of mutual benefit, and for the benefit of our people. stability and security in Asia and around the world,” he said.
India has yet to criticize Russia’s attack on Ukraine and still insists that the crisis should be resolved through dialogue.
The SCO comprising China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan is an Eurasian political, economic and security organization. It is the world’s largest regional organization in terms of geography and population, covering about 60% of Eurasia, 40% of the world’s population, and more than 30% of global GDP.
The G20 consists of 19 countries – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkiye, UK and America – – and the European Union. G20 members represent about 85% of global GDP, more than 75% of global trade, and about two-thirds of the world’s population.
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