Vladimir Putin on PM Modi: Russian President Vladimir Putin once again praised India. While giving a strong message to US President Donald Trump and Western countries, he said that the policy of putting pressure on India will not be successful. PM Modi is not a leader who bends.
The Russian President said these things during a meeting with international news agencies in St. Petersburg. During this time he alleged that pressure was being put on India to distance itself from Russia.
Putin said during the conversation that in some cases America is trying to put pressure on India. For example, in some areas, pressure is being created for cooperation with Russia, but everyone has understood that putting pressure on Narendra Modi, where the world’s largest population lives, is harmful for international relations and bilateral relations.
The Russian President said that it does not matter from where this pressure is coming. We do not see any negative consequences from this. We are further strengthening our relations with India and will continue to do so. We consider India a very reliable partner.
Putin also talked about increasing mutual trade between the two countries. He said that we hope that in the coming years we will reach the figure of 100 billion US dollars in mutual trade. Right now it is around 58 or 60 billion US dollars, but we have all the necessary bases to work more actively and achieve bigger targets. We are not just talking about our plans in the energy sector, which also includes nuclear energy. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) is currently under construction. New platforms will emerge in the field of hydrocarbons. We will continue to work together. This is one of our biggest investment projects in the Indian economy, and we will also do mutual investments.
India is one of the leading economies of the world- Putin
He also highly praised the leadership of PM Modi. Putin said that India is one of the leading economies of the world, which has the highest economic growth rate. This is not a sudden thing. This is the result of the hard work of the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.