New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 4 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Monday said a 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 bilateral ties between India and Russia are seen as very special on the global stage.

He said the ties between the two nations are centuries old and that Russia has been India's closest ally since independence.

Birla made these observations during the visit of a Russian Parliamentary delegation led by Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, to the Parliament House on Monday.

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