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INDIA WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE FORCES OF FASCISM AND NAZISM AT THE HANDS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, SAYS PRESIDENT

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 07.05.2015

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, in a TV interview to TASS, said India was pleased to see the crushing defeat of the forces of Fascism and Nazism at the hands of the Russian people.

The President said India-Russia relationship is all comprehensive. Russia was the first country with which India had a strategic partnership. He remembered his earlier discussions with President Putin on various occasions, in his different capacities - as Defence Minister of India, as Foreign Minister of India, as Finance Minister of India and said this visit is an opportunity to meet old and traditional friends in Moscow, including in particular, President Vladimir Putin.

This Press Release issued at 1918 hrs.