What Ivanov will seek from India

By Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW, MAY 2. With Indo-Russian relations being described by both sides as ``problem-free,'' the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Igor Ivanov, is likely to focus on international issues in his talks in Delhi on May 4 and 5.

The Russian foreign policy chief would certainly want to know how much the new warmth in India's relations with the U.S. may affect Delhi's ties with Moscow.

In an interview to The Hindu on the eve of Mr. Ivanov's visit, the chief spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Alexander Yakovenko, emphasised that for Russia, relations with India had ``self-sufficient, intransient value'' and did not depend on Moscow's relations with other countries. Mr. Ivanov would like a similar assurance from India.

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