Xi Jinping's visit to have no impact on India-Russia ties: Russian envoy
FirstpostChinese President Xi Jinping was on a three-day visit to Russia from March 20 to 23 New Delhi: Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov on Thursday refuted claims by media experts that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Russia will harm Indo-Russian strategic ties. Xi, in Moscow, met with President Putin, a state visit that highlighted their nations’ close ties amid the war in Ukraine which was closely watched by Kyiv and its Western allies. Speaking at informal talks at the start of Xi’s state visit to Moscow, Putin also said that Russia was “slightly envious” of China’s rapid development in recent decades. “Ukraine is following the Chinese President’s visit to Russia closely,” Nikolenko said in a statement to Reuters shortly after China’s Xi arrived in Moscow for talks with Putin.