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S-400 defence missile system delivery proceeding well: Russian envoy #IndiaNEWS #India
New Delhi: Marking the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Russian-Indian diplomatic relations, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said that S-400 Triumf air defence missile system is proceeding well and in accordance with the schedule.
The best-of-a-kind S-400 systems delivery is proceeding well according to the schedule, Alipov said. Notably, India had inked the USD 5. 43 billion deal with Russia for five squadrons of S-400s in October 2018.
He made these remarks in a foreword in the special edition of the Russia Digest magazine.
Alipov said that the multidimensional cooperation between India-Russia is one of the worlds most elaborate ones and the countries succeeded in building true friendship and mutual trust exemplified by numerous proud milestones.
The remarks further coincide with the occasion of Russias National Day, June 12, stated the Embassy of Russia in India on its website.
The year 2022 marks both 75 years of Indias Independence and the 75th Anniversary of the Russian-Indian diplomatic relations, which were established in April 1947.
Speaking on the milestones achieved in the relationship between the two countries, Alipov wrote about the industrialization and power plants construction in India with the Soviet assistance in the 1950-1960s, setting up of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay in 1958, the groundbreaking Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation of 1971, the flight of the first Indian cosmonaut on the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft in 1984, the Declaration of Strategic Partnership of 2000 and many more.
Todays Russia-India multidimensional cooperation is one of the worlds most elaborate ones with regular meetings of the two intergovernmental commissions, sector-wise ministerial, security advisors and senior officials dialogue, foreign office consultations and coordination in the global arena, complemented by diverse business, cultural and people-to-people contacts, he wrote.
The Ambassador highlighted that Russia and India were among the first in the world to establish the practice of annual bilateral summits. The XXI Summit in December 2021 in New Delhi was held in person, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and the introduction of the 2+2 ministerial format became yet another landmark, he added.
Our positions on core issues remain similar or coinciding, stressing the need to uphold the central role of the United Nations towards just and equal multipolarity and opposing unilateral and confrontational approaches. We continue close coordination on the agenda of BRICS as well as the G20 and the SCO, which India will chair in 2022-2023, he continued.
Russia and India continue to successfully implement flagship initiatives, which make our cooperation unparalleled, Alipov stressed in his foreword for the Magazine.

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