Indian president hails strategic partnership between New Delhi and Moscow

NEW DELHI, February 26. /TASS/. Strategic partnership between New Delhi and Moscow reflects the level of cooperation between the two countries, Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday at a meeting with a Russian parliamentary delegation. "India-Russia strategic partnership has a long illustrious history," the presidential website quoted him as saying. "President Putin’s visit to India in December, 2014 was a landmark event. The understandings reached have helped to expand our partnership in a number of new areas." The Indian president stressed that his country was fully committed to developing and deepening the strategic partnership with Russia in various spheres. "Over the years, we have steadily developed the special and privileged strategic partnership which reflects the breadth and depth of cooperation between our two countries. We believe that economic dimension of our bilateral relationship has huge untapped potential," the Indian president said. The Indian president underscored the importance in inter-parliamentary exchanges between the two countries. "The visit to India of this high level delegation comprising Chairs of different parliamentary committees will provide fresh dynamism and depth to our parliamentary contacts." Mukherjee said. The head of the Russian parliamentary delegation, speaker of the Russian State Duma lower parliament house, Sergei Naryshkin, invited the Indian president to take part in the celebrations of the Victory Day in Moscow and commended the importance of the forthcoming BRICS /Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa/ summit due to be held in Russia’s Ufa in July. Read more