Before
India's meeting next month of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Putin, India has stressed on Russia's strong diplomacy on
nuclear diplomacy that it is not possible to adopt a way of resentment, with
friends when pressure on enemies is not done. This attitude of India has
created resilience within Russia that is growing closer to China and it is
possible that it shows some activism in favor of India.
Russia hoped that India
will negotiate with Russia on MoU on developing a nuclear reactor in Kudankulam
before the meeting of Putin and Modi, but India has said that if it has been in
the two-and-a-half years, the nuclear supply group NSG is not a member if it does
not have any other way than developing the reactor. Russia is very restless for
this deal, because of its commercial advantage. Russia's Deputy Prime Minister
Dmitry Rogagin has met Modi in this regard, but nothing seems to have done.
India has had great hopes from nuclear power and the government claims that by
2024 it will produce nuclear power up to 15000 MW, which will be three times
the production of the last decade. One reason for India's pressure on Russia is
to go to China's China One-Belt One Road (OBOR) plan.
Meanwhile, Russia has
also established a strategically close alliance to Pakistan. These two steps
are against the interests of India. In spite of this, old friends like Russia,
who is also a member of the BRICS, could be useful for India if it could put
pressure on China in the field of nuclear energy to join India in the NSG.
India can also keep such a condition from the US and France, but, perhaps, they
are not as old friends as Russia, hence India can not expect as much as it is
expecting from Russia.
Today's international relations have begun with
professionalism and are going towards strategic and India holds immense
business possibilities for Russia, that is passing through huge economic
crisis. Now only time will tell as to how much pressure has this effect on
Russia and how much Russia compels China
to adopt a practical way in favor of India.
---Sonal
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