Article via web - India, Russia mark decade of strategic ties with Medvedev visit

You can take a gander at this report from CNN: India, Russia mark decade of strategic ties with Medvedev visit.

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"Russia is a time-tested friend of India that has stood by us in our times of need in the past. Ours is a special and privileged strategic partnership. It is a partnership that has and will continue to develop independent of our relations with other countries," Singh remarked.

The two nations forged a strategic partnership in 2000 and have since been holding summits every year.