External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on February 20 reaffirmed defence and trade cooperation with Russia and said that many Western countries used to supply arms to Pakistan and not India, adding that the trend has changed in the past decade.
“In terms of inventory, yes, because many Western countries have long preferred to supply Pakistan and not India. But that has changed in the past ten or fifteen years with the U.S.A., for example, and our new purchases have diversified with the U.S.A., Russia, France and Israel as the main suppliers,” he said.
