Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval touted his government’s “strategic partnership” with Russia on Thursday after meeting with Russian military officials, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to keep shielding India’s agriculture industry with tariffs and regulatory barriers, despite President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on Indian goods.

Modi did not mention Trump or the United States by name in his remarks on Thursday, but vowed his government will “never compromise on the wellbeing of its farmers,” even if he must personally “pay a heavy price for it.”

“For us, our farmers’ welfare is supreme,” he said.

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