Overview
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar formally inaugurated the new posts, calling the step a new phase in the relationship.
- Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko and Ambassador Vinay Kumar attended the opening alongside regional officials and community members.
- Yekaterinburg’s mission targets industrial collaboration in a gateway city to Siberia that hosts the INNOPROM forum.
- The Kazan consulate focuses on people-to-people ties and engagement with a multicultural regional hub known for oil, refining and manufacturing.
- Jaishankar said the consulates will support Indian students and businesses and contribute to the leaders’ $100 billion trade target for 2030 after meeting President Vladimir Putin to review next month’s summit preparations.