Russian Army Chief Meets Indian Counterpart

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Russian Army Chief Meets Indian Counterpart | InSerbia News
When Russian President Vladimir
Putin arrived in Hungary on
Tuesday showing he still has
some friends in Europe, Russian
Army Chief Colonel General
Salukov Oleg Leonidovich met
Chief of the Indian Army General
Dalbir Singh in New Delhi to
discuss various aspects of
bilateral defence ties.
Upon his arrival in the South
Asian country on Monday,
General Leonidovich made clear
that the main aim of his four-day
visit is to bolster military relations
with India. However, neither
India nor Russia disclosed issues
discussed by the two Army chiefs
in the Indian capital.
The Russian media recently
reported that Moscow would try
to kill an USD 20 billion ‘Rafale’
aircraft deal between the Indian
government and French
aerospace firm ‘Dassault’. On
Monday, the ‘Moscow Times’
quoted Director of the Russian
defence industry think tank
‘Centre for the Analysis of
Strategy and Technology’ Ruslan
Pukhov as saying: “Obviously,
Russia is working to kill the
French contract and they are
attacking from all directions.”
But, it is still not clear whether
General Leonidovich discussed
any defence deals with General
Singh.
The Indian and Russian political
experts believe that General
Leonidovich’s ongoing visit to
India is very crucial as Kremlin is
trying to come ‘close’ to New
Delhi in an attempt to counter
consequences of sanctions
(imposed by the West against it
over the ‘Ukraine’ issue).
Knowing that India will never
back West’s targeting of Russia,
Putin has decided to play a
tactical diplomatic game with
Europe with the help of New
Delhi (and Beijing), according to
them. Leading Indian political
analysts are confident that India
will never support the West’s
attempts to isolate Russia as it
considers these attempts as
untenable and hopeless.
Sanjay Pandey, Professor at New
Delhi-based Centre for Russian
and Central Asian Research,
explains that India finds the
sanctions imposed against
Russia by the US and its
European allies unacceptable.
“Russia can always be confident
that India was, is, and will remain
its most loyal friend,” he said.
Noted analyst Subba Raju has
supported Pandey’s view, saying:
“India and Russia value their
friendship, which was born in
the difficult years when the
Soviet Union was involved in
mortal combat against Hitler’s
Nazism, and the Indian people
were seeking liberation from
British colonial rule.”
It means the Russian Army chief’s
current visit to India is not
incidental. The aim of his visit
may be to create an alternative
for the US for India. Director of
Russia’s Centre for Public Policy
Research Vladimir Yevseyev has
noted that India was the first
country to have experienced
such an alternative. “Developing
ties with the US is a priority for
India. But, the country eyes the
Russian arms market very
seriously because the Indian
leadership wants to ensure that
the country does not become
dependent on the US. No one
wants to depend on the US – that
is the problem. From this point of
view, Russia is a very attractive
partner,” the expert recently told
Pravda.

 

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