India, Russia Boost Strategic Partnership Amid West Asia Crisis

• India and Russia discussed expanding their strategic partnership amidst the West Asia crisis and its economic fallout.
• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi.
• Jaishankar and Rudenko discussed wide-ranging cooperation and regional/global developments, including the West Asia crisis.
• Rudenko co-chaired India-Russia Foreign Office Consultations with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
• Both sides reviewed their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership and implementation of decisions from Modi-Putin summit.