Modi Hails Strong Ties with Russia Despite Trump Pressure
Narendra Modi with Vladimir Putin in Tianjin, China, earlier this month.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country has a deep partnership with Russia, pushing back against US pressure to scale down its engagement with Moscow.
“With Russia as a partner, we are strengthening a time-tested partnership,” Modi said at the inauguration of an international trade show, at which Russia is a partner country, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.