External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Russia beginnin𒊎g November 7 during which he will hold wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)ಌ announc♔ed Jaishankar's visit on Thursday.
D𒊎uring visit to Moscow, Jaishankar will hold talks with Lavrov focusing on bilateral, regional and international issues, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media bri🐠efing.
The visit is taking place amid the ongoin꧂g conflict in Ukraine.
In the last few months, India has increased the import of discounted crude oil from Russia notwithstanding ✨increasing disquiet over it by several Western powers.
Jaishankar and La꧂vrov have already met four times after the Ukraine conflict began in February.
The Russian foreign minister visited𒁏 India in April during which he held extensive talks with Jaishankar and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Russian Pre💯sident Vladimir Putin visited India in December last year to attend the India-Russia annual summit.
-With PTI Input
