Afghanistan situation to figure in India-Russia talks tomorrow
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New Delhi: The situation in Afghanistan, upcoming India-Russia meetings and bilateral cooperation in security and defence will figure in talks between external affairs minister Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on July 9. Jaishankar is currently on a three-day visit to Russia, during which his discussions with his interlocutors are expected to cover the entire range of bilateral issues, including cooperation in the fight against Covid-19, and various regional and international developments.
The talks with Lavrov will be Jaishankar’s main engagement in Moscow, and the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday the two sides will compare notes on “major global and regional issues, including the political process in Afghanistan, settlement in Syria [and the] situation around the Iranian nuclear program”.
The two sides will also discuss cooperation at the UN, Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) “in the RIC format”, the Russian foreign ministry said, referring to the Russia-India-China grouping.
