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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed ways to further expand India-Russia ties. The meeting between the two leaders 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. Jaishankar, Putin discuss ways to expand India-Russia ties "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. "Geo-political convergence, leadership contacts and popular sentiment…

EAM Jaishankar pointed out what he saw as inconsistencies in Western arguments, noting that the United States had, in fact, encouraged countries like India in recent years to help stabilise the global energy market- a call that also included purchasing oil from Russia. Moscow: External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar, addressing a press briefing on August 21, pushed back against criticism of India’s energy trade with Russia. He underlined that India was neither the biggest purchaser of Russian oil nor liquified natural gas (LNG), pointing instead to China and the European Union as the largest buyers in those categories.…

While addressing to a crowd of 20,000 in Lhasa, Xi Jinping highlighted the political importance of the visit amid ongoing tensions over the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Lhasa: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday made a rare visit to Tibet, stressing Beijing's determination to assert control over the region on its 60th anniversary as a Chinese autonomous region. Xi Jinping highlights political importance of his visit While addressing to a crowd of 20,000 in Lhasa, Xi Jinping highlighted the political importance of the visit amid ongoing tensions over the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Even as he did not mention the…