New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- A Russian Parliamentary delegation led by Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, paid a visit to the Parliament House on Monday, as per the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the robust and time-tested friendship between India and Russia serves as a shining example of cooperation and diplomacy for the world to emulate.

Highlighting the historic and deep-rooted friendship between the two countries, he noted that India-Russia bilateral ties are seen as very special on the global stage. He observed that the relationship between the two nations is centuries old and that Russia has been India's closest ally since independence, the stateme...