Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Wednesday, "By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the summit but the Russian Federation will be represented by foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia further took to its Twitter handle, "FM #Lavrov: We appreciate the efforts of Indonesia to promote the values & principles of ASEAN in the context of developing the Asia-Pacific countries, considering the regional architecture, which, as we all agree
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Jakarta today and discussed the Ukraine conflict amongst other talks.
Jaishankar also said that India looks forward to continued cooperation under the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between the two countries
Earlier on May 21, PM Modi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima and assured him to resolve the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since the Russia-Ukraine conflict that began on February 2
Lavrov while speaking to reporters after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting, claimed that there is convincing evidence to the "effect that the United States supports the terrorist groups entrenched in the territory of Afghanistan".
"As for the rupees this is a problem because we accumulated billions of rupees in accounts in the Indian banks and we need to use this money", said the Russian Foreign Minister during a media briefing here.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday held a meeting with Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Goa