ST PETERSBURG: India and Russia are "natural partners" in fighting terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he asserted that the two countries must strive to open new vistas to broaden their ties that has "withstood the test of time."
"We have been together in times - good and bad," Modi wrote in an article published today in Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazetta.
The prime minister's article came ahead of his visit to St Petersburg where he will hold the 18th India-Russia annual Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow and attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum where India will be the partner country for the first time.
"India-Russia relations have been the one constant in a world that has changed dramatically since 1947. They have withstood the test of time, and grown from strength to strength. The resilience of our relationship is based on the fact that it rests on the principles of equality, trust and mutual benefit," Modi said.
The prime minister hailed erstwhile Soviet Union's help to India to build its industrial base.
"In the last seventy years, India has developed a large and diversified industrial and technological base. We are among the fastest growing large economies of the world. The potential for India's accelerated growth has never been greater, nor the optimism higher," he said.
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