New Delhi: Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov said Tuesday that the combination of Russia-India-China can together be a “decisive force in world politics” if the three countries come together for a “coordinated world policy”.

Alipov was speaking at ThePrint’s Off the Cuff at The Quorum Club in Gurugram, where he added that Moscow remains eager to restore the RIC framework—a platform launched in the 1990s to encourage dialogue among the three major powers. The mechanism, which once hosted regular meetings of foreign ministers, has been largely inactive in recent years amid growing tensions between New Delhi and Beijing.

“We understand, of course, the complexities of India-China relations. But regular, trilateral interaction would certainly help promote trust and understanding bet

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