External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Meets Russian President Vladimir Putin In Moscow | India News

New Delhi: Minister of Foreign Affairs. S. Jaishankar met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. The meeting took place a few hours after Dr Jaishankar made comprehensive discussions with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The negotiations first focused on strengthening trade relations between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Dr Jaishankar is calling Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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“India and Russia were the most in the world after the Second World War,” he said.

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The ministers also exchanged views on global and regional issues, including Ukraine, Europe, Iran, West Asia, Afghanistan and Indian underground continent. They discussed cooperation in multilateral forums such as the UN, G20, SCO and BRICs, and this year they helped prepare the ground for decisions and results at the annual summit.

On the basis of these debates, the US Minister of Foreign Affairs S. Jaishankar announced that China is the largest buyer of Russian oil on Friday and the EU is the biggest leadership in LNG imports, in the midst of the US Minister of Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, in the midst of the decision to bring 25 percent additional tariffs to Indian goods.

Answering questions during a joint press briefing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Jaishankar said that India had purchased oil from the United States and that this amount has increased.

“We are not the biggest buyers of Russian oil, that is, China. We are not the biggest buyers of LNG, that is, the European Union. After 2022, we are not the countries that have the biggest trade increase with Russia. You are very surprised.

US President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff in Indian goods in July, but otherwise he hope for a temporary Indian-US trade agreement that would help prevent high tariffs. A few days later, he applied 25 percent more tariffs with 50 percent of India’s Russian oil imports.

Jaishankar said that it is important to maintain energy cooperation with Russia through trade and investments.

Stressed the need to address trade imbalance. He continued: “We have confirmed our desire to expand in a balanced and sustainable way, including bilateral trade, in increasing the exports of India to Russia.

This requires rapidly handling non -tariff barriers and regulatory barriers and increasing the exports of India to Russia in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals and textiles will definitely help to improve imbalance. ”

Jaishankar and Lavrov discussed the developments in Ukraine and West Asia, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs pushed the dialogue and diplomacy in the resolution of conflicts.

“We discussed the developments in regional issues in Ukraine, West Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan. India’s approach continues to emphasize dialogue and diplomacy to solve differences.”

Jaishankar said that defense and military cooperation is solid and support Russia ‘Make Make’ targets in India.

“Our defense and military technical cooperation continues to be intact. Russia supports India’s ‘Make’ targets in India, including the common production and technology transfer.”

Foreign Minister said he had undertaken the issue of Indians in the Russian army.

“Although many have been released, there are still some cases waiting with some missing people. We hope the Russian side will solve it quickly.” He said.

Jaishankar, India-Russia Interchangeable Trade, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) commission 26th session chaired by the three-day visit to Russia and addressed the Indian-Russia Business Forum meeting in Moscow.

(With inputs from the moment)