Sun. May 31st, 2026

Aditi Bhaduri

India, China reaffirm commitment to ‘stable and predictable’ bilateral relations

Earlier, on May 7, the newly appointed Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, presented a copy of his credentials to Assistant Foreign Minister and Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Hong Lei.

Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami with the Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Liu Jinsong

India, Russia Activate RELOS

The agreement Indo-Russian Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) was signed between New Delhi and Moscow last year in  February.
The agreement was ratified by Russia in December 2025, on the eve of the visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to New Delhi for the annual bilateral summit.

Russia and Two Wars; Ukraine and Iran

Iran entered the scene of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict as an unlikely ally of Russia given the historically difficult relations between the two countries. Iran provided drone technology in the days of Russia’s invasion when the West was convinced that Ukraine had a technological edge over Russia by deploying Turkish Bayraktar drones