Jaishankar says India-Russia ties among world’s steadiest as New Delhi ‘reimagines’ economic engagement

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday described the India-Russia relationship as one of the most stable major partnerships of the past seven to eight decades, saying President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to New Delhi was aimed at reshaping the engagement with a strong emphasis on trade and economic cooperation. Speaking at an interactive session during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Jaishankar pushed back against suggestions that Putin’s two-day visit might complicate India’s ongoing talks with the United States on a bilateral trade agreement. “I don’t share that view,” he said. “It is well understood internationally that India maintains ties…