Oil, military hardware likely to be on agenda during Russian foreign minister’s India visit this week
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India this week and the main focus is expected to be able to discuss the payment system for the procurement of New Delhi oil and military hardware from Moscow, people who are familiar with these developments on Monday It is lowned that Lavrov is expected to travel to India on Thursday or Friday after concluding a two-day visit to China The people quoted above said the details of Lavrov’s visit to India were being resolved.
This will be the highest level visit from Russia to India after Moscow launched his military attack on Ukraine on February 24 There is no official word about the visit proposed by either the Ministry of External or by the Russian Foreign Ministry. There had been busy a high-level visit to India in the last few weeks including by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US under political secretary of Victoria Nuland and Austrian and Greece Foreign Minister.
British foreign secretary, Liz Truss is scheduled to visit India on Thursday On the Proposed Lavrov visit, the people quoted above, said the main focus is likely to be a payment system for the procurement of India from the hardware of the Russian crude oil and military Western sanctions against Russia have created difficulties in making payments to the country Learned that both parties had seen activating the ruble-rupee payment system.
Unlike many other leading forces, India has not criticized Russia because of the invasion to Ukraine and it was abstained from the sound on the UN platform in condemning Russian aggression However, last Thursday, India Abstain at a resolution driven by Russia about the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which was seen as a reflective of its neutral position in the conflict India has been urgent for crisis resolution through diplomacy and dialogue Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, March 2 and March 7.
Modi has spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy twice Last week, the Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said in parliament that India’s position in the Ukrainian conflict had been “steadfast and consistent” and had been seeking imminent violence immediately.
His comments came in a rising background in the West above India did not criticize Russia because of the invasion to Ukraine and abstain from the sound at the UN Security Council Russia has become the main supplier of Indian and New Delhi military hardware worried about the possibility of postponing several major platforms and equipment due to Ukrainian conflict.
India has also decided to buy discount crude oil from Russia, triggering concern among a number of Western powers Press Secretary White Jen PSAKI said about two weeks back that India took Russian bid from discount crude oil would not violate US sanctions on Moscow but underlined that countries must also think of “where you want to stand up” in Russian actions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India this week and the main focus is expected to be able to discuss the payment system for the procurement of New Delhi oil and military hardware from Moscow, people who are familiar with these developments on Monday It is lowned that Lavrov is expected to…