Moscow/New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day official visit to India.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), during his visit, Manturov is scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.
Secretary of the General Council of the Edinaya Rossia Party and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Vladimir Yakushev, will also be on an official visit to India from April 2-4. He heads the working group on cooperation between the Federation Council of Russia and the Council of States of the Parliament of India.
During his visit, Yakushev is scheduled to meet EAM Jaishankar and Indian parliamentarians. During these meetings, both sides will discuss issues related to Russian-Indian inter-parliamentary, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian cooperation.
On Monday, EAM Jaishankar held a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko in New Delhi, discussing bilateral cooperation, regional and global developments.
“Good to meet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko of Russia. Spoke about further advancement of our wide-ranging cooperation. As well as regional and global developments”, EAM Jaishankar wrote in a post on X following the meeting.
India and Russia also held Foreign Office Consultations on Monday, where they reviewed their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership and discussed bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Rudenko co-chaired the Foreign Office Consultations.
In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “India-Russia Foreign Office Consultations, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, were held in New Delhi today.”
“Both sides reviewed the full spectrum of Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership and shared perspectives on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest,” he added.
On Tuesday, Rudenko said that Moscow is expecting a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a bilateral summit later this year.
“This year, it is Russia’s turn to host the Russian-Indian summit. We hope that the Indian Prime Minister will take advantage of President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to pay an official visit to Russia at a convenient time,” Russia’s leading news agency Tass quoted Rudenko as saying.
He termed it “very important” for Russia and India to maintain regular, systematic contacts at various levels.
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