Russia is trying again to form a group with India and China: America is troubled

Russia has openly tried to revive the RIC i.e. Russia-India-China triad for the first time since 2020. On May 29, at a security conference in the city of Perm, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that it is time to resume the RIC meetings. For the last several years, the discussion of a multipolar system has gained momentum in international politics. In which Russia and China together are trying to balance the dominance of Western countries and especially America. There has been a consideration of resuming this triad of Russia, India and China. It signals the beginning of a new movement on the map of global diplomacy. The concept of RIC was given by former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov in the late 1990s. Its aim was to establish a platform that could balance the unipolar global order of the US and Western countries. This group of three countries held more than 20 ministerial-level meetings from 2002 to 2020. In which, apart from foreign policy, efforts were also made to establish coordination on economic, trade and security matters. However, this platform became almost inactive after the Galwan Valley clash on the India-China border in 2020.
Russia’s long-term agenda is to create a security architecture that is not dependent on US-led institutions. The revival of the RIC would promote the possibility of a multipolar balance in Eurasia. The US considers India a key pillar of its Indo-Pacific plan. If India plays an active role in the RIC, India will no longer be dependent on the West. The US considers India a key pillar of its Indo-Pacific plan. If India plays an active role in the RIC, it will signal that India is no longer dependent on the West. The revival of the RIC would provide a diplomatic platform for the already deepening relations between China and Russia, which would pose a challenge to US policymakers.