France respects India conserving Russia ties, international minister says | World News

France is conscious of and respects India's vitality and different relations with Russia, its international minister instructed the India At this time information channel on Thursday throughout a go to to the nation.

India has not condemned Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, as an alternative calling for negotiations and peace. Russia is India's largest international provider of defence hardware, and India's imports of Russian crude oil and coal have soared because the warfare.

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"We all know the variations in our relationships vis-a-vis Russia," Catherine Colonna mentioned in an interview, throughout which she was requested about India's oil commerce and total ties with Russia.

"We all know the historical past" of India's previous and current relations with Russia, Colonna mentioned. "We do respect your nation's determination to maintain going with some relations."

India has seen a flurry of visits from Western diplomats and different officers in current weeks, as they search to widen help for a plan of the G7 group of wealthy nations together with France to cap the worth of Russian oil.