Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping are responsible leaders, can solve Sino-India issues: Valdimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin also asserted that there were no “contradictions” in Russia’s partnership with India and the ties between Moscow and Beijing

Asserting that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are “responsible” leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 5 said they both are capable of solving issues between the two countries, and that it was important that no “extra-regional power” should interfere in the process. With Russia publicly critical of the Quad, the four-nation grouping of India, the U.S., Japan and Australia, Mr. Putin also told PTI that though it was not up to Moscow to assess how any nation should participate in an initiative and to what extent they should build their relations with other countries but no partnership should be aimed at making friends against anyone. The Russian President’s remarks, in response to a question on Moscow’s view on Quad as well as India’s participation in the grouping, were a veiled reference to the Chinese claim that the grouping is to contain Beijing’s influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.