Putin, Singh not to sign political statement
Indications are here that for the first time in the history of annual bilateral summits, India and Russia are not going to sign any comprehensive political declaration or statement after Monday's summit.
By PTI |
MOSCOW: Indications are here that for the first time in the history of annual bilateral summits, India and Russia are not going to sign any comprehensive political declaration or statement after Monday's summit.
"However, there is a slim chance of signing of some joint document after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talks with President Vladimir Putin," sources here said. For the first time in the history of six-decade long bilateral relations, an Indian Prime Minister is paying the shortest 28-hour visit, and cannot boast of a consensus across the board on New Delhi's foreign policy.
Failure of New Delhi's readiness to address Moscow's security concerns over the deployment of the elements of the US missile shield in Europe is seen as one of the reasons behind the failure of agreeing on a joint political document.
Under the Indo-Russian treaty of January 1993, the two sides had agreed to share each-others security concerns, and some quarters here see New Delhi's stand on US National Missile Shield aimed at neutralising Russia's second strike capability, as "unwillingness" to be guided by the letter and spirit of the bilateral pacts and declaration of strategic partnership.
"However, there is a slim chance of signing of some joint document after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talks with President Vladimir Putin," sources here said. For the first time in the history of six-decade long bilateral relations, an Indian Prime Minister is paying the shortest 28-hour visit, and cannot boast of a consensus across the board on New Delhi's foreign policy.
Failure of New Delhi's readiness to address Moscow's security concerns over the deployment of the elements of the US missile shield in Europe is seen as one of the reasons behind the failure of agreeing on a joint political document.
Under the Indo-Russian treaty of January 1993, the two sides had agreed to share each-others security concerns, and some quarters here see New Delhi's stand on US National Missile Shield aimed at neutralising Russia's second strike capability, as "unwillingness" to be guided by the letter and spirit of the bilateral pacts and declaration of strategic partnership.
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