Foreign Secretary speaks with U.S. counterpart on Russia

MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi described the conversation as ‘wide ranging’ in a tweet, but did not specifically mention Russia

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla spoke to his U.S. counterpart, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, on Thursday. The tensions between Russia and Ukraine and Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s borders, which the U.S. readout of the meeting described as “concerning,” featured in the “broad range of issues,” according to the U.S. side.

MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi described the conversation as ‘wide ranging’ in a tweet, but did not specifically mention Russia.

“Inter alia [they] reviewed upcoming bilateral engagements and the COVID pandemic, including supply of vaccines, and exchanged views on Indo-Pacific, Middle East, UNSC, India’s neighborhood, etc,” Mr. Bagchi tweeted.