NEW DELHI: Russia’s partnership with India is “second to none” and cannot be compared with its relationship with Pakistan, Russian Ambassador Nikolay Kudashev said today.
The purpose of last month’s military drill with Pakistan was counter-terror cooperation, he said.
“Our partnership with India is second to none while we have a normal inter-state relationship with Pakistan,” he told reporters during a media briefing on the recently concluded tri-services exercise between Russia and India in Vladivostok.
To a question on Russia’s two-week military drill with Pakistan near the Russian town of Minralney Vody, he said there was no comparison between ties with India and Pakistan.
Russia favours “space” for all stakeholders in the region, he said when asked about a possible quadrilateral involving India, Japan, the US and Australia for deeper cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
There should “open cooperation” among all countries, he added. (AGENCIES)
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