EAM Jaishankar on Moscow’s shift towards Asia amid strained ties with Europe

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India is a “natural option” for Russia as Moscow increasingly turns towards Asia amid strained relations with Europe, asserting that New Delhi’s longstanding ties with Moscow have remained steady over the past eight decades and contribute to the balance of power in the region. Speaking in conversation with John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Jaishankar said that Russia’s relationship with Europe had become embittered following the Russia-Ukraine war, pushing Moscow to turn increasingly towards Asia, particularly China. “I’m not disputing that… what…