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Russia and China Endorse Revival of RIC Trialogue While India Insists on Mutually Convenient Schedule

India maintains a conditional stance on timing despite support from Moscow and Beijing.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, at a BRICS summit, on October 23, 2024, in Kazan, Russia. Russia hopes to revive a three-way bloc with India and China.
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MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this consultative format is a mechanism where the three countries...discuss global issues and regional issues of interest to them.

Overview

  • Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko says Moscow is negotiating with India and China to reactivate the RIC consultative format.
  • Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian affirms Beijing’s readiness to advance trilateral cooperation on regional and global issues.
  • MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal signals India’s openness in principle yet underscores that any meeting date must suit all three partners.
  • The RIC dialogue, launched by Yevgeny Primakov in the late 1990s, has been dormant since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Eastern Ladakh military standoff.
  • Proponents see a revived RIC as a mechanism to reinforce a multipolar balance alongside BRICS and counter Western dominance.