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epa10536292 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after jointly signing a Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on 'Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era' and a Joint Statement of the President of the People's Republic of China and the President of the Russian Federation on 'Pre-2030 Development Plan on Priorities in China-Russia Economic Cooperation' in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2023 (issued 22 March 2023). Xi held talks with Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. EPA-EFE/XINHUA / Xie Huanchi CHINA OUT / MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

In India, analysts are arguing that the more leverage China gets with Russia, the trickier it will become for the South Asian nation.

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An increasingly isolated Russia wants to deepen ties with India, but a key question for New Delhi is whether the growing relationship between Moscow and Beijing will impact the South Asian country’s national security in any way, say analysts.

In

its 2023 foreign policy doctrine

released on March 31, Russia says it will “continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership” with India with the aim of expanding bilateral trade, and strengthening investment and technological ties.

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