{"id":96788,"date":"2020-06-26T08:04:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=96788"},"modified":"2020-06-26T08:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:04:59","slug":"russia-india-china-ric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/russia-india-china-ric\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-India-China (RIC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:Consider the following statements regarding RIC (Russia India China)grouping:<\/strong><br>(1)It is a strategic grouping that was founded in the late 1990s under the leadership of Yevgeny Primakov.<br>(2) The group was founded on the basis of \u201cending its subservient foreign policy guided by the U.S.<br>93) It forms the core of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.<br><strong>Which is\/are correct?<\/strong><br>(a)1 and 2<br>(b)2 and 3<br>(c)1 and 3<br>(d)1,2 and 3<br><strong>Answer:(d)<br>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Indian Foreign minister has attended the virtual foreign minister level meeting of the trilateral group of Russia-India-China (RIC).<\/li><li><strong>Russia-India-China(RIC):<\/strong><\/li><li>It is a strategic grouping that was founded in the late 1990s under the leadership of Yevgeny Primakov, a Russian politician as a counterbalance to the Western alliance.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li>Toend its subservient foreign policy guided by the USA and renew old ties with India and foster the newly discovered friendship with China.<\/li><li><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/li><li>Together, the RIC countries occupy over<strong>\u00a019 percent of the global landmass and contribute to over 33 percent of global GDP.<\/strong><\/li><li>All<strong>\u00a0three are nuclear powers\u00a0<\/strong>and two<strong>,\u00a0Russia and China, are permanent members of the UN Security Council,\u00a0<\/strong>while India aspires to be one.<\/li><li>The trio could also contribute to creating<strong>\u00a0a new economic structure for the world.<\/strong><\/li><li>They could work together on<strong>\u00a0disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Importance of RIC for India:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1)It forms the core of\u00a0the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2)India is in a geostrategic sweet spot today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3)It is important for India as an\u00a0aspiring power to be able to thwart China\u2019s aspirations of being a hegemon\u00a0in both the maritime and continental spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/external-affairs-minister-speaks-of-international-law-in-meeting-with-russian-chinese-foreign-ministers\/article31898275.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/external-affairs-minister-speaks-of-international-law-in-meeting-with-russian-chinese-foreign-ministers\/article31898275.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Consider the following statements regarding RIC (Russia India China)grouping:(1)It is a strategic grouping that was founded in the late 1990s under the leadership of Yevgeny Primakov.(2) The group was founded on the basis of \u201cending its subservient foreign policy guided by the U.S.93) It forms the core of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.Which is\/are correct?(a)1 and 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