Russia Moves East, India West, Straining Ties
... does with China. The military technical cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi experiences many complications and even setbacks due to the growing Western presence in the Indian defense market and with the current Prime Minister Modi's "Make in India" industrial strategy. There are significant areas of disagreement between the two countries on many international matters including QUAD, Afghanistan, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and others. In 2020, for the first time in 20 years, Moscow and New Delhi failed to conduct their regular annual summit meeting. Eight Principles of the “Greater Eurasian Partnership” Of course, neither of these symptoms suggests that the overall relationship is going down the drain. The history of productive ...