Permanent Representative of Russia to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ramazan Abdulatipov at the opening of the representative office of the North-South Club in India:

"The Indian side is very actively involved in the work of our club. The Ambassador of India in Moscow and our other colleagues were constantly involved in this work. But now a lot of work has been done to get the club's representative office in New Delhi to start working. And, accordingly, this axis is India - Iran - Russia is starting to work for real," he said.

"Expectations are high. Because India is a very important country for us, it is a very large country, it is a country of the future, it has huge potential. Especially since Russia and the Republic of India have traditionally good relations. We look forward to promising work, including direction of development of the transport corridor "North - South", - said Abdulatipov.