News > India relied on Russian weapons as West chose to arm military dictatorship

India relied on Russian weapons as West chose to arm military dictatorship

10/10/2022 05:44 PM | Click to read full article

EAM Jaishankar said that due to the “Western countries’ preference for the military dictatorship in the neighbourhood”, India has an inventory of Russian-origin weapons.

He was referring to the Cold War era when the US preferred supplying weapons to Pakistan, which was in the 1980s being ruled by military dictators. He said that India and Russia have a long-standing relationship that has certainly served New Delhi well.

-