MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Russia and India have made tangible progress in talks on plans to jointly produce military equipment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow.

  • faintwhenfree@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I don’t think it’s prefer one over the other. For India world is not binary. There is a reason it’s called third world country, Russian partnership doesn’t meant distance from West and western partnership doesn’t mean distance from Russia. India doesn’t have the luxury to pick sides. It has to keep engaging all global partners.

    • holdthecheese@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think it also means that all countries keep it at arms distance. Playing Switzerland has advantages and disadvantages.