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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Wednesday (November 18, 2025) inaugurated 2 caller Indian consulates successful Russia, saying their constitution volition boost trade, tourism, economic, scientific, technological, world and taste ties betwixt the 2 countries.
Expanding its diplomatic footprint successful Russia, India opened the caller Consulates General successful the cities of Yekaterinburg and Kazan.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko and India's Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar were besides contiguous astatine the relation held to people the opening.
"This is simply a precise important time successful the diplomatic past of India successful the Russian Federation," Mr. Jaishankar said.
The apical Indian diplomat alluded to the days erstwhile helium had served successful diplomatic assignments astatine the Indian Embassy successful Moscow.
"This is an important time for us, erstwhile we are adding 2 much Consulates General successful this country... Over the past fewer months, accordant enactment has been underway to found these consulates," helium said and asserted that India recognises the enactment received from the Russian government.
Mr. Jaishankar said Yekaterinburg is often called the "third superior of Russia" owed to its concern importance, and is simply a "gateway to Siberia".
It is known for its dense engineering, gem cutting, defence manufacturing, metallurgy, atomic fuel, chemicals and aesculapian equipment, helium said.
"The opening of the consulate volition springiness impetus to alteration and to fortify technological, scientific, economical and commercialized collaborations betwixt Indian and Russian industries," the External Affairs Minister said.
Kazan, 1 of the astir visited cities of Russia, hosted the 2024 BRICS summit, which was besides attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"I had the pleasance of going determination myself, aft Moscow and St Petersburg, and with bully reasons," Mr. Jaishankar said.
The portion is simply a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic hub and acts arsenic a "bridge betwixt Russia and the remainder of Asia".
The consulate volition assistance fortify people-to-people ties by encouraging cross-cultural exchanges and ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) participation, helium said.
Kazan is good known for its lipid accumulation and refining, for fertilisers, automobiles, defence manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and electrical equipment, the Minister said.
"I americium assured that with the opening of the 2 caller consulates, determination volition beryllium a further strengthening of India-Russia ties and this volition surely people a caller signifier successful our relationship," the EAM asserted.
He further said the opening of these consulates volition "not lone heighten our diplomatic presence" successful Russia, but volition enactment arsenic a "catalyst" to further boost trade, promote tourism, and bolster economic, scientific, technology, and adjacent world and taste ties betwixt the 2 countries.
"The consulates volition lend to our associated efforts successful expanding our bilateral commercialized to USD 100 cardinal by 2030 arsenic envisaged by the leaders," Mr. Jaishankar said.
In July 2024, India and Russia acceptable a people of $100 cardinal successful yearly commercialized measurement by 2030 and vowed to make a robust bilateral outgo colony mechanics utilizing nationalist currencies.
The 2 sides had besides inked a full of 9 agreements to further broadbase practice successful a scope of areas, including successful the economical domain, pursuing acme talks betwixt Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr. Modi had paid a two-day sojourn to Russia past year, his archetypal to the state since the commencement of the warfare successful Ukraine.
Mr. Jaishankar said that determination is simply a sizeable and divers Indian diaspora successful Russia, which includes much than 30,000 Indian students today.
"Out of these astir 7,000 reside successful the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Kazan and 3,000 successful the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Yekaterinburg. And, I americium assured that the Indian diaspora, concern community, but astir of all, our youngsters, students.. they volition payment from the consular services and the diplomatic beingness of India successful these 2 regions," helium added.
He besides interacted with members of the Indian assemblage and friends of India successful Moscow.
Earlier successful the day, Mr. Jaishankar paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi successful Moscow. "His ideals and teachings are much applicable than ever," helium said.
