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Jaishankar Witty Reply To Journalist Over Russia And China Ties
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 11:33
Jaishankar Witty Reply To Journalist Over Russia And China Ties
- •External affairs minister S Jaishankar humorously dismissed a journalist's suggestion at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum that Russia was becoming a vassal of China.
- •Jaishankar questioned the accuracy of claims that 40 percent of India's arms purchases came from Russia and involved Chinese technology.
- •He attributed Moscow's growing tilt towards Beijing to its broken relationship with Europe following the Ukraine war.
- •Jaishankar emphasized that it is in the interest of both India and the world for Russia to have multiple foreign policy choices.
- •He highlighted India's steady and longstanding relationship with Moscow that has endured various geopolitical shifts since the 1950s.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pushed back against a journalist's suggestion that Russia was becoming a vassal of China. He remarked with a tongue-in-cheek reply that the journalist's descriptions were intended to provoke him into departing from his stance.
Jaishankar questioned the accuracy of the 40% figure cited for India's arms purchases from Russia and dismissed the suggestion that any military equipment procured from Moscow involves Chinese technology.
Jaishankar explained that Russia's growing tilt toward China is largely a consequence of its broken relationship with Europe following the Russia-Ukraine war, which has pushed Moscow to look increasingly towards Asia.
