NEW DELHI, March 2. /TASS/. Russia highly praises India's responsible stance on all key issues of the global agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday at a press conference following a meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in New Delhi.

"We appreciate the truly responsible and worthy of a great power position that India has taken in the international arena on all key issues of the global agenda," Lavrov said.

According to the top diplomat, Russia-India relations are characterized in the founding bilateral documents as a "particularly privileged strategic partnership." "These are not just words, this formula reflects the truly special nature of our relations from India's independence until today," he added.