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Major thrust to Trilateral Forum of India, Russia & China
MIL/Agencies, Jan 28, 2007.

January 28, 2007 - India, Russia and China will hold their first structured Foreign Ministerial meeting in New Delhi next month to give a major thrust to their trilateral forum It is an initiative they feel is useful for coordinating their efforts in the international arena, as per PTI report.

The Foreign Ministers of the three countries will hold talks on February 14 to discuss various global issues and how they could work together on these besides boosting relations among themForeign Ministers of the three countries have so far met three times over the last two years on the sidelines of some international events.

Twice they have met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and once in the Russian port city of Vladivostok.

The meeting significantly comes less than a month after Summit-level talks between India and Russia.

It is after both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Vladimir Putin expressed interest in pushing cooperation under the trilateral forum.

Putin had said that the forum was "significant" as it brings the three influential countries together to address regional and international issues.

Underlining the need for greater cooperation between India, Russia and China, he said in the years to come, the three countries as well as Brazil will have significant influence on the world, particularly in the economic field.

Singh, Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao met on the margins of the G-8 Summit in St Petersburg in July and decided to give it a push.

After the meeting, Singh said the three countries were focusing on challenges like terrorism, drug trafficking and crime.

He made it clear that their coming together was in no way directed against any third country.

According to International Reporter, this trilateral forum has a deep political collective strength on which India, Russia and China have been longing for a long time to keep the balance with the American allies.

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