Russia Interested in Speedy Revival of RIC Troika, Lavrov Says
Russia's top diplomat has once again warned that the West poses the biggest threat to peace and stability in the Eurasian and broader Asia-Pacific Region, while accusing the NATO allies of trying to "drag" India into "anti-China intrigues".
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Russia is sincerely interested in reviving the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral, which has remained in limbo since the last Foreign Ministers' Meeting in 2021.
"As for India and the anti-Chinese orientation of NATO's initiatives in Eastern Eurasia, I would like to confirm our sincere interest in the speedy resumption of the work of the Troika – Russia, India and China, which was created many years ago at the initiative of (former Prime Minister) Yevgeny Primakov and since then has held ministerial meetings more than 20 times, and not only at the level of foreign ministers, but also heads of other economic, trade and financial structures of the three countries," the top diplomat told the Plenary Session of the Eurasian International Public Political Hearings on the Formation of a Contour of Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation in Eurasia held in Perm, Russia.
