Russia is making agreements with six international locations together with India for a hassle-free visa regime, Russian Information Company TASS reported on Monday quoting Deputy Overseas Minister Yevgeny Ivanov.
“Along with India, we’re additionally engaged on draft inter-government agreements that suggest mutual simplification of visa regime with Angola, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria and the Philippines,” Ivanov stated.
Ivanov had earlier stated that Russia was already engaged on the agreements for visa-free journey with 11 international locations, together with Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Zambia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago, reported TASS.
This comes after the go to of Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov to New Delhi for the G20 Overseas Ministers Assembly final week. Laprov lauded India’s presidency for G20 by calling the nation as “extremely accountable” and “worthy of an ideal energy” on key issues of world agenda. He additionally sung praises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Lavrov went on to say that as G20 president, PM Modi took a balanced and accountable stance on each concern.
India and Russia have an extended historical past of friendship, with Moscow remaining a powerful and dependable pal to New Delhi since India’s independence. Seeing India’s potential early on, Russia and its leaders have all the time held the nation and its folks in excessive regard, leading to a pure mutually helpful partnership that has lasted by means of the many years.
On the continuing Russia-Ukraine struggle, PM Modi lately stated that India is all the time able to contribute to any peace course of.
“From the very starting of the Ukraine battle, India has made it clear that this dispute can solely be resolved by means of dialogue and diplomacy,” PM Modi stated, including, “And India is totally ready to contribute to any peace course of.”
He was talking throughout a press convention with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was on a two-day go to to India, the primary by an Italian prime chief in 5 years.
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