Russia's relations with India rest on a solid foundation which has been nurtured over the past 75 years since India's independence, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a speech in Moscow. Addressing a group of students and officials at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, an institute of diplomacy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr. Lavrov singled out western representatives who had talked about "consequences" for countries that continued doing business with Russia in the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis.
"They 'rush about' with this and proudly declare in public that they demanded that such-and-such countries should impose sanctions against Russia, otherwise they will face consequences. From the perspective of not even diplomacy, but common sense, how can they make such arrogant public statements in relation to such countries as India, China, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia? ...It is simply insulting to hear such demands," said Mr. Lavrov in the speech delivered on Thursday.
