External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting in Astana on Wednesday.
The two-day meeting held on June 26-27, focused on defence cooperation, military training, military education and joint exercises between the two Armies.
Regarding the issue of Indians dying in the Russia-Ukraine war, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said India has conveyed to Russian officials that Indians who are in the war zone, regardless of how they have reached there, should be brought back.
Welcoming the inclusion of the African Union in G20 during the New Delhi Summit last year, the ministers said the G20 presidencies of India, Brazil, and South Africa lay a solid ground for addressing inequalities, imbalances, and shortcomings in the world economy.
Following incidents of drowning of students, the Indian Embassy in Russia issued an advisory on Friday, urging them to be extremely careful while going to water bodies.
The International Scientific and Practical Conference "BRICS in the Era of Global Social Transformations" was held in Russia, where an Indian professor expressed his confidence that during Russia's BRICS chairmanship, special attention will be paid to solving the problems of the global so
The first India-Russia joint consultations on the launch of visa-free tourist exchange will be held in June, followed by a bilateral agreement by the year-end, reported Sputnik, citing a Russian minister.
Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov and the Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department held bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in New Delhi on Wednesday and discussed the current situation of the Afghan people.
International Relations Department Head of the United Russia Party, Valeria Gorokhova, attended the "Know BJP" programme in Chattisgarh and discussed the prospects for the development of inter-party cooperation among the regions.
Russia's largest trade body, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the Russian Federation, has opened its second office in India in Mumbai to grow bilateral trade and investment in new sectors.