NEW DELHI: Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi commenced summit talks here on Friday (5th Dec, 2025).
It is pertinent to mention here that New Delhi happens to be the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne oil. While Washington is pressurising India to stop purchasing the black liquid from Moscow or face 50% punitive tariffs on many of the commodities it sends to USA.
Russia (the biggest arms supplier to India for decades now) plans to augment the volume of commodities it imports from them (to $100 Billion by 2030). It is pertinent to mention here that the balance of trade tilts towards Moscow that sells discounted crude to India. Modi lauded the Kremlin’s unwavering commitment towards his country.
During the rendezvous Modi maintained: “India is not neutral. India has a position, and that position is for peace. We support every effort for peace, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with every initiative taken for peace.” Putin held: “We had the opportunity…to speak in detail about what is happening on the Ukrainian track…
“and about the steps we are taking jointly with some other partners, including the United States, toward a possible peaceful settlement of this crisis…As our countries and economies grow, the opportunities for cooperation expand…New areas are emerging — high technologies, joint work in aviation, space, and artificial intelligence.”
“If the US has the right to buy our fuel, why shouldn’t India have the same privilege? This question deserves thorough examination, and we stand ready to discuss it, including with President Trump,”
Trumpian Tariffs Bring Xi, Modi & Putin Closer: It may be recalled that on 30th August Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting Tianjin (China) for the first time in seven years, met the host of 2-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit President Xi Jinping on the sidelines.
Trumpian Tariffs Bring Xi, Modi & Putin Closer: It may be recalled that on 30th August Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting Tianjin (China) for the first time in seven years, met the host of 2-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit President Xi Jinping on the sidelines.
The duo (representing 2.8 billion people) maintained that there was now deepening trust between the two countries. While, Modi (whose country had been slapped on 27th August by Trumpian Tariffs) said that there was now an atmosphere of peace and stability between China and India, Xi held that they should be partners, not rivals. Xi stated in his opening remarks: “The world today is swept by once-in-a-century transformations…
“The international situation is both fluid and chaotic…It is the right choice for both sides to be friends who have good neighbourly and amicable ties, partners who enable each other’s success, and to have the dragon and the elephant dance together…As long as they adhere to the overall direction of being partners rather than rivals … China-India relations can maintain stability and move forward over the long run.”
Meanwhile, Beijing has also unfurled red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, that is being attended by twenty countries who are pondering over regional security and trade issues against the backdrop of Trumpian Tariffs.
PS: SCO harbors ten member states (Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan); two observer states (Afghanistan, Mongolia); fourteen dialogue partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Egypt, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates); four guest attendees (ASEAN, CIS, Turkmenistan, UN).
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