Manturov said, "Relations between Russia and India continue progressively developing in all directions. In 2022, despite negative external factors, positive dynamics in the Russian-Indian trade prevailed."
Manturov is on a two-day visit to India to intensify negotiations on Free Trade Agreement with India and work on the signing of the Russia-India Bilateral Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments.
National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval on Monday met Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Valentinovich Manturov and discussed a range of bilateral issues to implement the India-Russia strategic partnership.
"That's one of the issues which we just discussed with your colleague, so because of lack of input from India, it's not enough to use the Rupee so we need to boost the trade from India and then in this case we are looking at balance like for example, we have with China. We have USD 200 bi