India attaches `highest importance` to ties with Russia: Swaraj
(WorldNews India)

MOSCOW: India attaches the `highest importance` to its relations with Russia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Friday, as she conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral ties ahead of President Vladimir Putin`s planned visit to New Delhi early next month. Swaraj, who is visiting Russia for the third time in 11 months, called on Russia`s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov and two leaders co-chaired the 23rd India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific Technical and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) meeting. Swaraj, in a statement after the meeting said: `India and Russia enjoy a...