Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the volume of trade with India, especially in the field of energy resources, is growing rapidly: “The volume of our trade has been growing a confident pace for the second year in a row. This year it has grown even faster than in the past,” said Putin.
Putin met in the Kremlin with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India by Subrahmaniam Jayshankar, who was on a visit to the Russian capital of Moscow.
Speaking at the part of the meeting open for the press, the head of the Russian state noted that he knows the approach of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to the events in “hot spots, including Ukraine.
Having indicated that he repeatedly informed Modi about the situation in Ukraine, he added: “I know about his desire to do everything possible for a peaceful solution to this problem.”
noting that the volume of trade between Russia and India is growing rapidly, Putin emphasized: “For the second year in a row, the volume of our trade is growing a confident pace. This year, compared to last year, it grows even faster. As everyone knows, the main increase It is in energy, oil, oil products, coal, but we also work in high -tech areas. “
The Minister Jaysankar, for his part, added that the volume of trade between the two countries reached 50 billion dollars: “We believe that these are only the first steps of our potential. It is very important to make our commercial interaction more stable.”