New Delhi, June 12 -- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at the GMF Brussels Forum 2025, stressed Russia-India ties and said that Europe should have put itself in Russia's shoes if it truly knows what it wants.

As reported by ANI, "I know Russia is a big issue right now. My honest answer to you is I don't think Europeans had a good sense of how the Russians felt about the relationship or about the direction of events when people say we didn't see that coming, you normally don't see that. I'm not justifying anything," he said.

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