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a political and economic force to be reckoned with so. foreign minister in the spotlight that is right now. hello again or welcome to the spotlight the interview show. and today my guest is someone a highly commissioner in terms of regional integration in the east india has long been one of the most important partners for the russian federation both countries are members of the brics group there are rumors that india may join the shanghai cooperation organization in the near future so how close are the two

regional superpowers to creating a regional super alliance we will ask this question to the indian minister of external affairs. india is apparently one of the biggest players in eurasia along with russia and china all three part of a briggs group of leaving emerging economies but they don't consider you a regional alliance a candidate for this role is the shanghai cooperation organization a multi purpose corporation body in eurasia. russia and china are members already but india has observer status there are some issues to be solved before it is admitted and one of them is its relations with pakistan which wants to join us. hello mr krishna welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. first

of all we have read in the news that india has voiced serious concern over the recent launch of the attempt of the launch of an. korean satellite and that and the missile the launch was condemned by the west it was it was condemned by japan by south korea do you think that there is a serious risk of an escalation in the region on the korean peninsula after that launch an especially if korea will proceed with a space program. we believe here in the country. must act really responsibly. they would have to be conscious on the international commitments and the international commitment please to bring it to maintain please stay with

the region. in the light of this it be able to hope that korea is not good to take any steps which would create instability in the region because reconsider this. an extended region of india india's neighborhood and we hope that painful talks. should be immediately initiated. by. the concerned stakeholders and. i think there should be a relationship should be double a just so you sound as if you really are concerned that. even if every country is concerned or it's not just

a political move it is not a political will really do not have any more tears when we approach this problem. we feel that. it is necessary to maintain. the level of confidence amongst members member states how do you hold talks in moscow during this visit with your counterpart sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and mr young they cheat the furnace of china what is this trilateral for and its russia india china the rick format is it still relevant when we have the brics and while all the media attention is dragged to the brics well each grouping has a significant sum for its own brics yes it is one of the most

important groupings it which has caught the imagination of. the world leaders and recall so as so sad so but as you know and the india feels that it is extremely benefited by its association with the go to russia and change now in the big cream what the big pharma you know i had very extensive discussions yesterday. for minister level of. foreign ministry activity and we have learned three children's perspective on clouds are pretty developments across the region we talked about syria we talked about. ideally for mentation that are going on in mathematica and it really is

a hot spot signal to. the two other partners and ricks i mean russia and china also are the principal partners in the shanghai cooperation of this actually they were actually the founders used to be the shanghai five now it's wider it's becoming wider and wider and we hear rumors that india is really considering joining the shanghai is a true and when neither happened but when we have we have right now observer to the shadow corporate and we have been participating as of the hoods in religious meetings of the cooperation of its engine and we have expressed a desire to. fully engage with serves in china gave cooperation

a good session and i think admission to the shanghai it corporation our decision he's back on since. i think that we have made no nobody intention and i think. they are considering. association in a full capacity. in the shangri called one me that happened what's your estimation let's say i don't think that it would be reasonable to. spell out. if a timeframe within reach such a decision in. groupings like. a. competition can take. any conditions under which you are joining for example may we see a situation that you may join the conversation together with pakistan

simultaneously is that possible well this is the dropping of where it is not an exclusive club so i think there would be a number of. other countries you know would be equally interested like india. i think. it is for the group to consider b.d.s. . applications out of a.b.s. . countries retail interested which have shown interest in becoming. engaged in this process. india and pakistan are currently making a major step in normalizing their relations and i'm reading in the wires that you are neutrally first so it's a thing the visa regime which is a grey state a step that doesn't mean that your country has attained or is about pakistan's

commitment to find and punish the people who are who were behind the twenty six eleven attack in mumbai do you work together on that i mean your secret service is your your officers. and we believe that we need to develop cordie of relations. not malays of a relationship read pakistan i think that i look had initiated and the dialogue had made certain progress. well that's when the brutal attack on him a surtax on mum by which. the holy quickly i'm in that region and we would be sad and hurt also very upset and we are still recovering from. the after effects of that attack on by

we are still insisting on pakistan that it is necessity to make it through interest again and bring to justice the veins behind that mumbai attack that they have taken into custody if you. are no names right we have a minister has through his dossier or has provided in what we consider to be really credible set of documents which will pinpoint the involvement of for example maybe like a fish say you believe it was the last really who india considers bass a terrorist and he was the vein behind the moment they attack

and if you leave him and they should still convey to india that you are investigating into those who are the sponsible for this attack and well that doesn't really convey anything we can. nonetheless we would like our relationship to prove i think there have been a number of. steps which have been taken by both the police to not of malays of relations but the prime ministers of the two countries who met and i had annoyed at the. foreign minister he not have been a card to jelly and i am myself planning to return the present sometime in the course of this year and i hope these high

level results and it will be simply. the president. so gladly it was. a religious. truth of india and he was on his way to argue meals to offer prayers in the. and the prime ministers of india dr manmohan singh in waiting for lunch and then we had a substantial substantive discussion so it's moved and. president zardari and president prime minister gilani have both in whited prime minister manmohan singh to set pakistan and i think. dr manmohan singh is considering really she just really. like to stop so all these steps are going further the could reduce the class dificid you know which was

degrading over two nations and hopefully i think we should be moving. in a positive manner. to. understand each other better well this is a very positive because you might remember that henry kissinger once said that if a third world war starts it would probably start in kashmir he called it the most dangerous place on earth so today do you think it's something case anymore well i hope mr kissinger will be publicly wrong. in this country into this. peace and stability you know would lead i mean i do not think that. neither. pakistan and india would be

a good citizen of to embark upon any such. misadventure so. the indian minister of external affairs spotlight will be back soon after we take a short break so stay with us don't. one . hundred. fifty years. in forty acres and nineteen nineteen three and decided it would be a great place to find the belle the home and retire. there she is. for seven. we have

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a crowd into an industry. you. know arty goes for north. where returns to good roads and rails are a battle against the elements where helicopter is the only transport for medics to reach those in need. fish are treasures for the. local. autonomy area russia close up on r.t. . welcome back to the spotlight i malbrunot been just a reminder that today we're talking to some of the highly my lai our commissioner the indian minister our external effects. your excellency india has recently

become the biggest consumer of iran's or oil may india under some circumstances joining the embargo against iran which the united states is insisting on. india as. a matter of policy and does not. go by. sanctions imposed other than they invited nations. and sanctions imposed by the second to take on some of the rigid patience. india has civilizational connection psystar to connections and with iran i want a nation ship as being a baby and useful really productive i believe courtiers. and. i thought from that they are one of the main source of our crisis

a place in our petroleum products you know. so we feel. that every country including iran. right through there would up its of the sources to tap nuclear eventually for this for purposes because india itself is. conscious of its own energy requirements and not energy security is one of the second is we want every country to enjoy and if iran wants to develop a nuclear. power. associated activities i think it is entitled to it but at the same time they should be in

touch with the international atomic energy agency and they should keep them fully informed of what they have planned so what their motives are and so that keeping them with the park in the lot really helpful right but you know. what we get from reading the press here in moscow we get an impression that india in general in the indian government is not worried about the reunion nuclear program as much as the americans are for example the europeans and the american nato partners is that true or you are cautious about every country has its own purpose but spectrum. but if other countries have their own perspective in gays aren't happy to have it sort of put through and from our perspective we look at

iran and then we say that. as long as. i'm not going to be in danger. he is a peace instead bricky the region. i think. where we are very comfortable that let's talk about syria what's india's position towards the situation in syria would you admit then for our foreign intervention intervention say to secure the humanitarian corridor if the coffee and then plan doesn't work well just just about an hour back you know are you talking to. the best of course here and i think. the world must. be thankful that. mr kofi a man agreed to be the special in why. he's looking into bringing your boat a cease fire and kofi

a man with the huge appreciation that he has and the good track record with which he has been he has i think we should. try species to succeed in syria and i think. he would be doing good it's a breeze through this region as a whole and the world as a whole if he succeeds in bringing a meaningful cease fire immediately and then what you know to a lasting solution. bringing in all the stakeholders to discussion and then consultations well what we've been talking about is of course needs but i started this program by saying that india has been and still is the major partner of russia

in the reason so everybody is waiting when india and russia will sign any trade agreements can you give us a date on that or at least. approximately well you know i have come here to attend the big. meetings and at the same climbing there it so happens that this happens to be the sixty fifth year and it would city of of establishing if a magic relationship. then soviet union and the present question that we have gained enormously you know what association with russia. as this will be tuning in and they will. they contributed in a very big manner for india to become. to become industrialized and they helped us in over science and technology advancement

and they have been helping us in our nuclear power. establishments. so this association has been one of the most. constructive purposeful mutually beneficial associations that's why this is a privileged relationship you know the kind of relationship that we have prepositioned for division he's privileged relationship. it's my desire. to continue this to enlarge his the white of us and thereby. more of the country's closer together than ever before but we still don't have the date on this new trade agreement here you know yes the way you think work if i was here. last question india is one of the greatest buy reserve weaponry on the

planet and as far as i knew about any five percent of our weaponry born from or from russia former soviet union from russia now the russia seems to be sort of losing its positions on the indian market do you think that india will and russia will come up with a new agreement on our straight in the near future well i think it is one of the most. sustainable. and going difference relationship that we have every day the russian federation i think that is going to continue and. they said that we need to end drug this and we need to defend this i think it is my idea of a trickle. thank you thank you very much mr krishna and just a reminder that my guest today was the indian minister of external affairs and

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