New Delhi: Russia on Thursday said that Mega's military exercises with India will not have anything to do with the deadlock between India and China.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Jharova said in Moscow: "The Russian Federation does not hold any military exercises or any other program with collaborative projects in relation to tension between those countries, with whom it has diverse and multifaceted relations."

Jharova was reacting to the reports that came in the western media which stated that in which the practice to be held in October is related to India and China Dokalam deadlock. Jharova said that it is inappropriate to link practice to this deadlock.

The spokesman assured that India and China would soon find mutually acceptable ways to reduce the tension.

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