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External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has mentioned that India’s relation with Russia will always be given the top priority when foreign policy of India is considered. He mentioned this while holding discussion with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on a range of international bilateral issues, including that of Afghanistan.
"We in the government have been insisting that this time-tested relationship has weathered many storms and out of which it has always emerged even stronger," Krishna said, stressing that Russia will always top India’s foreign policy priority.
Krishna was addressing the media after holding discussions with Medvedev.
"A wide range of bilateral and international issues, including Afghanistan, were discussed in the meeting with Medvedev. On all the issues we have similar views," Krishna said.
He even cited the help rendered by Russia while India was struggling for its independence.
Medvedev said the two countries had cooperated in "joint work against current threats like terrorism, narco-crime and organised crime" as well in battling the effects of the global economic crisis.
According to the Minister of External Affairs, the visits of Manmohan Singh to Yekaterinburg during June as well as the visit of Indian President Pratibha Patil during September is the indication of the extent to which India values the relation with Russia.
