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India Out of Triangle
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee met in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, October 24, 2007. The ultimate purpose of the event was to manifest to the world at large that a strategic triangle of Moscow-Beijing-Delhi is gaining momentum to time of creation of the U.S.-Japan’s missile defense shield in the Pacific Ocean and the U.S. attempts to take root in Middle Asia. The tricky point is that Delhi doesn’t seem to share the saber-rattling attitude of its partners towards the United States.
The foreign chiefs of Russia, China and India hadn't met particularly frequently until recently. In 2006, however, the three-party format was revived at the highest level during the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. Then Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The contacts have become more intensive this year. Foreign ministers talked to each other in Delhi in February and Harbin hosted their third get-together Wednesday.
Judging by the yesterday’s rhetoric, the ministers have good reasons for the meetings; the strong focus of at least two of them is creating and putting in practice a new security concept, as the missile defense shield of the United States could undermine strategic balance and stability worldwide.
But India stands somewhat apart. Yesterday, Cautious Pranab Mukherjee avoided direct reference to those plans of the United States but was always eager to deliberate on the definite economic projects related to energy and space cooperation. Although interested in improving relations with China and in energy wealth of Russia, India isn’t ready to lash out at the United States for this purpose.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Oct. 25, 2007
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