Speaking about India's ties with different nations at the 'Syama Prasad Lecture, New India and The World' in Kolkata, Jaishankar said that India has "strong ties" with Russia, adding, however, that the ties between India and Russia should not become a burden to New Delhi's "equally strong" r
"We have two big divides today, one you could say that the kind of East-West divide centring around grain, and one is the North-South divide centring around development and Ukraine is also having an impact on the development," Jaishankar said while addressing the India Global Forum and panel