New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev says that the recent telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin comes at a "very crucial time in world affairs" and signals the emergence of a new global order.

"This conversation between PM Modi and President Putin is coming at a very crucial time in world affairs...This conversation, to me, shows that a new world matrix is under construction, a new world order is under construction...So, India is charting its own independent foreign policy, Russia is charting its own..." Sachdev told ANI.

He added, "The timing was not any ordinary timing. India's NSA Ajit Doval has been in Moscow for the last couple of days. He has had b...