Overview
- Opening the Moscow talks, S. Jaishankar said multiple agreements and projects are under discussion with finalization expected in the coming days.
- The ministers reviewed coordination within the SCO, BRICS, the UN and the G20 and exchanged views on Ukraine, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
- Sergey Lavrov said the next Russia–India summit will be held in New Delhi in about three weeks, reiterating the partnership’s top-tier status in Russian foreign policy.
- In New Delhi, Putin aide Nikolay Patrushev met NSA Ajit Doval and Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta for civilian maritime cooperation talks covering shipbuilding, ports, logistics, crew training and ocean research, with proposals including standardized ship designs and potential shipbuilding clusters.
- Vladimir Putin has directed his government to address trade logistics, payments and the imbalance with India, while media reports say a bilateral mobility agreement remains under negotiation for possible signing during the visit.