Jaishankar meets Russian counterpart Lavrov in South Africa

By Press Trust of India: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in South Africa and talked about issues with bilateral and world pursuits.

Jaishankar, who’s proper right here to participate in a conclave of the five-nation grouping BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), held talks with Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

“Good to meet FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia in Cape Town this morning on the BRICS FMM sidelines. Our discussions covered bilateral matters, BRICS, G20 and SCO,” Jaishankar talked about in a tweet.

Good to fulfill FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia in Cape Town this morning on BRICS FMM sidelines.

Our discussions coated bilateral points, BRICS, G20 and SCO. pic.twitter.com/sgClHv3iSn
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 1, 2023

India will preserve the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and G-20 summits in July and September respectively.

In the previous couple of months, India has flip right into a primary importer of discounted crude oil from Russia nonetheless rising displeasure inside the West over the procurement in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

India’s monetary engagement with Russia has been on a big upswing inside the last one yr, largely on account of its procurement of discounted Russian oil.

India has not however condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been pushing for choice of the battle by dialogue and diplomacy.

On Wednesday, Jaishankar talked about these are nonetheless “early days” for battle choice between Ukraine and Russia as, presently, the principle goal is on points corresponding to a grain corridor, nuclear factors and points related to the alternate of prisoners of battle.

In an interview with DD India, Jaishankar well-known that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met every Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) brings collectively 5 of the most important rising nations of the world, representing 41 per cent of the worldwide inhabitants, 24 per cent of the worldwide GDP and 16 per cent of worldwide commerce.

Jaishankar may be anticipated to hold bilateral conferences alongside along with his completely different BRICS counterparts.