Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar meet on sideline of a meeting of Foreign Ministers from the BRICS international locations, in Cape Town, South Africa June 1, 2023.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on June 1 met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and mentioned points of bilateral and world pursuits.
Mr. Jaishankar, who’s right here to take part in a conclave of five-nation grouping BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), held talks with Mr. Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
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“Good to meet FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia in Cape Town this morning on BRICS FMM sidelines. Our discussions covered bilateral matters, BRICS, G20 and SCO,” Mr. Jaishankar mentioned in a tweet.
India will hold the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and G-20 summits in July and September respectively.
In the previous few months, India has turn into a number one importer of discounted crude oil from Russia however growing disquiet in the West over the procurement in view of Russian invasion of Ukraine.
India’s financial engagement with Russia has been on a significant upswing in the final one yr, largely resulting from its procurement of discounted Russian oil.
India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been pushing for decision of the battle by means of dialogue and diplomacy.
On May 31, Mr. Jaishankar mentioned these are nonetheless “early days” for battle decision between Ukraine and Russia as presently, the main focus is on issues reminiscent of a grain hall, nuclear points and issues associated to the trade of prisoners of struggle.
In an interview to DD India, Mr. Jaishankar famous that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met each Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) brings collectively 5 of the most important creating international locations of the world, representing 41 per cent of the worldwide inhabitants, 24 per cent of the worldwide GDP and 16 per cent of the worldwide commerce Jaishankar can be anticipated to carry bilateral conferences along with his different BRICS counterparts.
