▁step ". ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Man m oh an ▁Singh ▁during ▁Put in ' s ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁visit ▁to ▁India : ▁" Pres ident ▁Put in ▁is ▁a ▁val ued ▁friend ▁of ▁India ▁and ▁the ▁original ▁architect ▁of ▁the ▁India - Russ ia ▁strateg ic ▁partners hip ". ▁ ▁Put in ' s ▁Russia ▁maintain s ▁positive ▁relations ▁with ▁other ▁BR IC ▁countries . ▁The ▁country ▁has ▁sought ▁to ▁strength en ▁t ies ▁especially ▁with ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁by ▁signing ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Friend ship ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁building ▁the ▁Trans - S iber ian ▁oil ▁pipeline ▁and ▁Trans - S iber ian ▁gas ▁pipeline ▁ge ared ▁toward ▁growing ▁Chinese ▁energy ▁needs . ▁The ▁mut ual - security ▁co operation ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁countries ▁and ▁their ▁central ▁Asian ▁neighb ours ▁is ▁facil itated ▁by ▁the ▁Shang hai ▁Co operation ▁Organisation ▁( S CO ) ▁which ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁in ▁Shang hai ▁by ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁China , ▁Kaz akh stan , ▁K yr gy z stan , ▁Russia , ▁T aj ik istan , ▁and ▁U z bek istan . ▁ ▁The ▁announ cement ▁made ▁during ▁the ▁S CO ▁sum mit ▁that ▁Russia ▁res umes ▁on ▁a ▁permanent ▁basis ▁the ▁long - distance ▁pat rol ▁fl ights ▁of ▁its ▁strateg ic ▁bom bers ▁( s us p ended ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ) ▁in ▁the ▁light ▁of ▁joint ▁Russian - Ch inese ▁military ▁exer cis es , ▁first -