S Jaishankar reasserts defence cooperation with Russia: ‘West preferred to supply Pakistan, not India’ – The Economic Times Video

New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister attended the Munich Security Conference from Feb 16-18 in Germany. During his visit, in a straight talk, EAM Jaishankar defended India’s ‘long’ standing ties with Russia. In an interview with a leading German economic daily, Handelsblatt EAM said highlighted “Russia has never violated our interests”. He said, many Western countries used to supply arms to Pakistan and not India, adding that the trend has changed in the past decade. Notably during a panel discussion on Multilateralism at MSC, EAM reaffirmed India’s stand to buy Russian oil despite sanctions.