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Russia afloat respects India's nationalist interests and the autarkic overseas argumentation being pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, asserting that India's ties with the United States oregon immoderate different state cannot beryllium a benchmark for New Delhi-Moscow ties.
Mr. Lavrov, who addressed the UN General Assembly (UNGA) soon earlier External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's code astatine the high-level General Debate, said India and Russia stock a "particularly privileged strategical partnership".
“These situations that mightiness originate betwixt India and the United States oregon India and immoderate different country, I can't see them a criteria for relations betwixt India and Russia,” helium said astatine a property league connected Saturday (September 27, 2025).
Mr. Lavrov was responding to a question connected India's continued imports of Russian lipid contempt U.S. unit connected countries to trim specified purchases, and however Moscow views its ties with New Delhi successful this context.
"We person afloat respect for the nationalist interests of India, afloat respect for the overseas argumentation that (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi is carrying retired to beforehand these nationalist interests,” helium said, noting that India and Russia support regular high-level contacts.
Mr. Lavrov cited the caller gathering betwixt PM Modi and President Vladimir Putin astatine the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) acme successful China. He added that President Putin is expected to sojourn New Delhi successful December.
“We person a precise extended bilateral docket — trade, military, method cooperation, finance, humanitarian matters, healthcare, precocious tech, artificial quality — and of course, adjacent coordination astatine the planetary level, wrong the SCO, BRICS and bilaterally,” the Russian person said.
Mr. Lavrov had met with Mr. Jaishankar for bilateral discussions connected the margins of the 80th league of the UNGA and had besides participated successful the annual gathering of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations, chaired by India successful its capableness arsenic the incoming Chair for 2026.
Mr. Lavrov spoke astir bilateral visits and regular exchanges betwixt him and Mr. Jaishankar.
"I'm not adjacent asking what is going to hap to our commercialized relations oregon oil? I don't inquire our Indian colleagues this. They are perfectly susceptible of making these decisions for themselves," helium said.
Referring to Mr. Jaishankar's remarks connected lipid imports, Mr. Lavrov said the External Affairs Minister had intelligibly stated that if the "U.S. wants to merchantability its lipid to us, we are prepared to sermon the presumption for this, but what we bargain from different countries, not the United States, but from Russia oregon different countries, that's our ain business, and that has thing to bash with the Indian-U.S. agenda”.
“That is simply a precise worthy response,” helium said, adding that it shows that India, similar Turkiye, has “self-respect”.
In effect to different question, Mr. Lavrov stressed that the economical concern betwixt Russia and India is secure.
“There is nary menace to this relationship. And if idiosyncratic does bash thing of that nature, the Indian Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, person said it large and clear, India chooses its ain partners," helium said.
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“If the US has proposals connected however to enrich bilateral commercialized betwixt the U.S. and India, they are prepared to sermon the presumption for that, immoderate presumption the U.S. mightiness enactment forth.
"But erstwhile it comes to trade, investment, economic, military, technological and different relations betwixt India and 3rd states, it is thing that India volition sermon lone with those states successful question,” Mr. Lavrov said.
The Trump medication has imposed 50% tariffs connected India, including 25% for its purchases of Russian oil, with New Delhi facing among the highest levies imposed by Washington.
The Trump medication has imposed an further 25% tariff connected India arsenic a punishment for its purchases of Russian oil, taking the full levies imposed connected the state by the US to 50%, among the highest successful the world.
India has been maintaining that its vigor procurement is driven by nationalist involvement and marketplace dynamics.
Earlier, Mr. Jaishankar had posted on X astir his gathering with Mr. Lavrov: “Good speech with FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia connected the sidelines of #UNGA80. Useful treatment connected bilateral ties, the Ukraine struggle and developments successful the Middle East.”
