Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia has garnered a lot of international attention. Political commentators have said that Modi has gone there to create alternative routes to Russia instead of China.
India-Russia Summit is held every year. This conference was held in Delhi in 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in it. After that, the summit was not held in 2022 and 2023. It was decided to hold the conference this year after a gap of two years.
Accordingly, the conference will be held in Russia on July 8 and 9. Modi reached Moscow yesterday to participate in it. Key agreements are expected to be signed at the meeting. While this is the case. International political commentators said the meeting was aimed at preventing Russia from moving towards China.
That is, after Russia started a war with Ukraine, the country began to firmly join hands with China. Close talks were held between the top officials of the two countries. This reverberated in war as well. Realizing the China-Russia alliance, the West increased arms aid to Ukraine. Russia is not giving up either.
At the same time, Putin’s direct meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping was seen as a major move in international politics. This has also raised mild concerns for India. In this case, international political commentators have expressed different opinions about the Modi-Putin meeting. More specifically,
India wants to ensure that Russia has alternatives. Russia is not isolated by the West because of its closeness to China. This meeting has confirmed that there are alternative routes. Russia is currently facing an economic embargo from the West. Therefore, it is in an environment to go peacefully. India will help in this.
Modi has also told international countries that India-Russia relations have not weakened. Russia has been consistently leading the supply of arms to India in the past. Russia has fulfilled half of the arms supply to India from 2017 to 2022. “The meeting sends an important message to China as India’s confrontation with China continues,” critics said.
Going a step further, the meeting could even be a warning to Russia not to trust China, say international political commentators. Relations between the US and India have recently begun to deepen. Critics have also said that the US could use India as a pawn against Russia.
