Reciprocal Exchange of Logistical Support is the agreement India sealed with Russia during the visit of Vladimir Putin last week. It looks similar to the agreements India has signed with a host of other countries including the US, France and Japan, and that is to an extent true.

Brig Arun Sahgal of the Forum for Security Initiatives , a Delhi-based think tank, told StratNews Global on The Gist is that “All those agreements we have signed are by and large with Western players or they are all the allies of the West … Russia is not really a part of the Indo-Pacific system.

“Russia which never had the sea legs necessary to enter the Indian Ocean, will now, courtesy India, get access to this region. It will get access to our bases. It’s close to our ports. It will help both navies in t

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