India, Russia discuss nuclear, space, defence partnership ahead of annual summit

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations with focus on nuclear, space and defence partnership.

Ahead of the annual India-Russia summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday held wide-ranging discussions covering the entire gamut of bilateral relations with focus on nuclear, space and defence partnership. Addressing a joint press event after the talks, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said "We are both cognisant of multipolar and rebalanced nature of international relations today." He further said, "Much of our discussions today cover the preparations for President Putin's visit for the annual summit later this year. Our bilateral cooperation remains energetic and forward-looking. We talked about longstanding partnership in nuclear, space and defence sectors."