India and Russia are “natural partners” in fighting terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he asserted that the two countries must strive to open new vistas to broaden their ties that has “withstood the test of time.”
We have been together in times—good and bad,” Modi wrote in an article published in Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazetta. The prime minister’s article came ahead of his visit to St Petersburg where he will hold the 18th India-Russia annual Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum where India will be the partner country for the first time.
