🇷🇺🇮🇳 On February 2, the Russian House in New Delhi hosted a concert by virtuoso balalaika player Andrey Matveyev.

🎶 The audience was presented with an original programme, which included both Russian folk compositions and original versions of world popular songs.

👥 The musical evening was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps and creative circles, the Russian-Indian motorcycle club, students and teachers of Russian studies.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin had a meeting with Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India, Om Birla.

They discussed issues of increasing the effectiveness of Russian-Indian inter-parliamentary cooperation and the necessary decisions for legislative support of the agreements reached between the two countries.

Vyacheslav Volodin expressed his gratitude to Om Birla for the invitation to visit India.

🤝 “The dialogue between Russia and India is based on mutual respect, trust and non-interference in each other's internal affairs,” Vyacheslav Volodin underscored.

"Trade turnover is growing, our humanitarian ties are getting stronger, but we must not stop there, we must try to create a legislative basis within the parliamentary dimension so that relations develop even more dynamically," the Chairman of the State Duma said.

The task of parliamentarians is to legislatively provide for decisions taken at the level of heads of state, he added.

☝🏻 Vyacheslav Volodin believes it is necessary to intensify the work of the joint inter-parliamentary commission. He confirmed the invitation to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India, to visit Moscow.

"It would be right to proceed with systemic relations so that we could hold meetings in an annual format, discuss accumulated issues within the framework of our powers," the Chairman of the State Duma addressed his colleague.

He also considers it necessary to build contacts at the level of relevant committees of the State Duma and the Lok Sabha.

In addition, Vyacheslav Volodin invited Members of the Lok Sabha to take part in an international conference dedicated to the development of parliamentarism, which Moscow will host in the summer.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 The delegation of the State Duma headed by Vyacheslav Volodin attended the plenary sessions of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India.

Members of both chambers of the Parliament greeted the Chairman of the State Duma and the deputies with applause.

The delegation of the State Duma also visited the Parliament Museum and the Constitution Hall.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 During his visit, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin had a meeting with President of India Droupadi Murmu.

He thanked the President of India for the opportunity to meet with the Russian delegation.

"I would like to convey to you greetings and best wishes from our President Vladimir Putin," said Vyacheslav Volodin. "Strengthening cooperation with India is one of our main foreign policy priorities."

Relations between the two countries are built on the principles of friendship, trust, and mutual respect, the State Duma Chairman underscored.

"Cooperation between Russia and India has acquired the character of a special privileged strategic partnership. This is largely facilitated by contacts between the Russian and Indian leadership," he noted.

🤝 Vyacheslav Volodin informed Droupadi Murmu about the productive meetings he had with the heads of both chambers of the Parliament. According to him, all political factions of the State Duma are unanimous in their opinion on the need to build interaction with Indian colleagues.

"In this regard, it is extremely important that the parliamentary dimension is effective and that we can contribute to the development of relations," he added.

The President of India pointed out the special nature of the partnership between the two countries and stated that the leadership of India attaches great importance to building up trade and economic ties and developing socio-cultural dialogue. Droupadi Murmu, for her part, asked to convey words of gratitude to the Russian leader for his contribution to the development of relations between the two countries.

"I am glad that the inter-parliamentary dialogue between our countries is strengthening. There are regular contacts between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin. We also interact within the framework of the intergovernmental Commission. This is a sign that bilateral relations are very important to us," the President of India noted.

According to her, an integral part of the Indian-Russian partnership is understanding each other's interests and priorities: this helps increase trust between the countries.

☝🏻 Droupadi Murmu also noted that both India and Russia pay special attention to cultural exchanges and the development of relations between peoples.

“I have recently opened a book fair in New Delhi, where Russia was also invited. This gives Indian readers a wonderful opportunity to get acquainted with Russian literature. We should encourage such cultural ties,” the President of India emphasized.

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