External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met his counterparts on the sidelines of the 19th ASEAN-India Summit, including Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and discussed the grain initiative and nuclear concerns amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
Jaishankar extended greetings to Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and the people of Poland. He expressed confidence that the "historical friendship" between the nations will continue to grow.
A member of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror outfit was killed in an encounter that broke in the Kapren area of the Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Friday, said police.
At least 10 people lost their lives in the Male garage fire, which reportedly included Indian nationals. The Maldives foreign minister told Jaishankar that a full investigation is underway into the incident.
Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives, who were arrested on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, were sent to six-day police remand, said police on Thursday.
Belarus is among the few countries said to be actively supporting the Russian military amid the Ukraine conflict. The meeting between Jaishankar and Belarus's Foreign Minister comes a day after the external affairs minister's Moscow visit.
External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Wednesday discussed the strengthening of India's relationship with the US and Israel in a meeting with the delegation of the American Jewish Committee and the Indian diaspora.
The US State Department on Tuesday (local time) said that the messages passed on to Moscow during External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar's recent visit to Russia are not dissimilar to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said earlier that "this is not an era of war."
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar came back to Delhi after his two-visit to Russia where he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov
Jaishankar reached Moscow on Monday as a part of his two-day visit to Russia, in continuation of the regular high-level dialogue between the two sides. During his meeting with Lavrov today, he reviewed the entire gamut of the India-Russia relationship.
The talks between Manturov and Jaishankar were held in the format of a meeting of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Russian-Indian Commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.