"India-Russia relation has become tradition, PM Modi and Putin are very big friends": Indian-origin Russian lawmaker

Indianorigin Russian Deputat akin to an MLA in India Abhay Kumar Singh said on Thursday that IndiaRussia ties have evolved beyond a mere relationship and have become a tradition He described Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin as very big friendsIn an interview with ANI Kursk Deputat Abhay Singh recalled past diplomatic ties mentioning the friendship between former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and thenSoviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev as well as Jawahar Lal Nehru and Joseph StalinOn being asked about IndiaRussia ties Singh said IndoRussian relation is not only a relation now it has become a tradition I think three or four generations of both countries are watching our friendship After the independence of India after the Second World War in Russia Soviet Union our relation is going to the better and better side So everywhere something is increasing Now our two head of our countries Mr Narendra Modi and Mr Vladimir Putin they are very big friendsYou can see before the head of our country Indira Gandhi and Nikita Khrushchev they were also friends Before that Jawaharlal Nehru was also a friend of Russia with Stalin So everywhere they know India and Russia they are friends And Russian people see any Indian person they think that he is our friend I think same emotions we have got in India also he addedExpressing optimism about bilateral ties deepening in the future he said Our friendship is increasing to the better side and it will go this year next year it will be deeper and deeper So I am assured about that He said India is considered a good friend on Russias list of friendly nations and added that New Delhi is with Moscow every timeWhen asked about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and his expectations from India Singh said India is a good friend in the list of our friendly country Russia we have got list of friends countries India is in the top of that list So India is not directly supporting Russia but India is with Russia every time So we watch this thing we know this thingNotably Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a conflict since February 2022 India has called for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the conflict He noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin intelligence administration and army have trust in India and if Putin comes to New Delhi it will be greatOn Russian President Vladimir Putins expected visit to India this year he said I think this is a very good sample of our friendship You know some Western countries they make judicial obligation on our president Anyway ignoring that thing he is coming to India that is a very great thing and it shows that all Russian citizens Russian intelligence Russian army Russian president our administration believe in Indian So if he comes it will be greatIn July last year PM Modi visited Russia and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin It was PM Modis first visit to Russia since the war started between Moscow and Kyiv in 2022 In October last year PM Modi again travelled to Russia for a twoday visit to attend the 16th BRICS Summit held in Kazan under Russias chairmanshipSpeaking about the ongoing conflict Singh said that the Russian army has launched a new operation called Potok According to him the Russian army in this operation moved through the gas pipeline which Ukraine cutWhen asked about Russia gaining control of Suzha he said Suzha is one of the big cities and provinces in my state I belong to that state that is Kursk and Kursk oblast Suzha is one of the cities of our state And you know I told you this thing would not go so long In the Last three or four days the Russian army has made a new operation it is called PotokElaborating further on Operation Potok the Kursk Deputat said In this operation the Russian army moved through the gas pipeline which was cut by Ukraine There was no gas in that pipeline But 800 Russian soldiers they passed through that pipeline and they started attacking from the back side of the city And the result is now today we covered every inch of our state So this operation was very good and we recovered our territoryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever