Watch: Rajnath Singh’s Namaste As Russian Officer Offers Handshake
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached Moscow on Wednesday night time.
Moscow:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Russia for the the most important Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) assembly, folded his arms and greeted most sensible Russian officers with the standard Indian “Namaste” as he landed in Moscow overdue final night time.
“Reached Moscow this night time. Taking a look ahead to my bilateral assembly with the Russian Counterpart Normal Sergey Shoygu the following day,” Mr Singh tweeted, at the side of a video of him being welcomed via Main Normal Bukhteev Yury Nikolaevich on the Moscow airport.
The video presentations Mr Singh, accompanied via Indian ambassador DB Venkatesh Varma, strolling as much as the Russian officers. Mr Singh, who used to be dressed in a masks, folded his arms in “Namaste” as the highest Russian military officer saluted him after which reciprocated with a “Namaste“, which has turn into a popular form of greeting among world leaders within the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
Russia!
Reached Moscow this night time. Taking a look ahead to my bilateral assembly with the Russian Counterpart Normal Sergey Shoygu the following day. https://t.co/FgayfbJIIR— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 2, 2020
Because the Defence Minister used to be escorted via the Russian officer and presented to different Russian officers, Mr Singh greeted each and every of them with a “Namaste“. When some of the officials prolonged his hand, Mr Singh seemed to insist on greeting him with a “Namaste“.
Mr Singh will attend a the most important assembly of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and dangle talks together with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu on additional boosting bilateral defence cooperation.
The SCO accommodates 8 member states – India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The defence ministers of all 8 SCO member international locations are anticipated to planned on regional safety demanding situations like terrorism and extremism and techniques to take care of them jointly right here on Friday, officers mentioned.
The assembly is going down underneath the shadow of a fierce stand-off between India and China in Ladakh.
Chinese language Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe and Pakistan” Pervez Khattak are anticipated to wait the important thing assembly.
That is Rajnath Singh’s 2d discuss with to Moscow since June. He had represented India on the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on June 24 that honored the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany within the 2nd Global Warfare.
(With inputs from PTI)
