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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Highlighted that Quad Member Countries We Activally Pushing for Naval and Military Exercises Outside the official Quad Framework.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (File Photo: PTI)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has claimd that India’s Joined The Quad Alliance, Comprising The United States, Japan, and Australia, Ostensibly for TRADE; However, the member nations were reportedly alredy coordinating naval and other Military exercises.
“We spoke to our Indian friends back then and they told us that their interest in joining the quad is exclusively of trade of Trade of Economic Nature and Cooperation in Other Peaceful Areas,” He Said At a Sid at a Sed at a Sacarity Confareena Eurasia in the city of perm, as quoted by media reports.
He highlighted that Quad Member Countries Ware Activly Pushing for Naval and Military Exercises Outside the official Quad Framework.
Lavrov further warned that these actions were part of a broader strategy to militarise the alliance, adding, “They try to involve all the four counties into these exercises. This provocation clearerly. “
He also called for reviving the russia-India-china (RIC) Trilateral Format. He said the “time has come” to restart ric meetings, adding that, in his view, India and china have reacted an undersrstanding on Esing Border Tensions.
“I would like to confirm our genuine interest in the earliest resumption of the work with the format of the troika-russia, India, China-which was estimated many years ago Prime minister) Yevgeny primakov, and which has organized meetings more than 20 times at the ministerial level since then, not only at the Level of Foreign Policy Chiefs, but also the heads of Osotar Economic, Trade and Financial Agency of the three countries, “Lavrov was quoted as saying by tass.
The Ric Platform, Originally launched in the late 1990s, has reminded Dormant Since the deadly Galwan Classhes Between Indian and Chinese TROOPS in June 2020. BRICS Summit in Kazan in 2024, Lavrov’s latest pitch marks the most explicit call to formally revive the ric mechanism since Since Galwan. Lavrov’s renewed Pitch Signals MUCH More than just a Procedural Revival – It Reflects Moscow’s Shifting Diplomatic Calculus AMID Changing Global Alignments.
Earlier, lavrov had alleged that the west is attainsting to create a Rift Between India and China to foster antagonism between the neighBouring counties.
While speaking at a meeting of a Diplomatic Club, HE Had Asserted that Western Strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region are designed to fuel tensions between the two asian nations.
“Take note of the current developments in the asia-pacific region, which has started the west has started calling the indo-pacific region to give its its policy a clear anti-china orientation-Expecting this Our great friends and neighbors India and China, “Lavrov Had Said.
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at news18.com and covers India and International News. He previously worked with Hindustan Times Digital (HTDS) and NDTV. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India …Read more
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at news18.com and covers India and International News. He previously worked with Hindustan Times Digital (HTDS) and NDTV. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India … Read more
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