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India: Diplomatic Relations

Commons · Question 10892 · Tabled 23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2024

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Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the UK's diplomatic relationship with India of reports of India holding talks on a strategic partnership with Russia.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 30 Oct 2024

HMG recognises India's longstanding relationship with Russia. We regularly raise Russia's illegal war in Ukraine with the Government of India. The Foreign Secretary did so most recently with India's External Affairs Minister in September. More broadly, th...