The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) have decided to establish close contacts between their innovation centers to further develop their strategic partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Innovation hubs are already operating in India and China while Russia has recently announced plans to build an innovation center in Skolkovo outside Moscow to facilitate the country's transition to a knowledge-based economy.
Lavrov said RIC had become an important element of building a multi-polar world as it had a solid foundation based on the common interests of the three countries, which are strategic partners.
WUHAN, November 15 (RIA Novosti)
