Updated On: 22 August, 2025 12:54 PM IST | ronak mastakar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin and is understood to have discussed ways to further expand India-Russia ties. (Pics/PTI)

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The meeting came hours after Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that largely focused on expanding the trade ties between the two countries
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"We believe that relations between India and Russia have been among the steadiest of the major relationships in the world after the Second World War," Jaishankar said at a joint media briefing with Lavrov

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"Geo-political convergence, leadership contacts and popular sentiment remain its key drivers," he said
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The external affairs minister landed in Moscow on Tuesday to fine tune various elements of President Putin`s visit to India either in November or December

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India has been consistently calling for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy. In July last year, PM Modi travelled to Moscow and told Putin that a solution to the Ukraine conflict is not possible on the battlefield and peace efforts do not succeed in the midst of bombs and bullets
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