- Jaishankar held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before meeting Putin
- Discussions focused on expanding trade ties between India and Russia
- Jaishankar described India-Russia relations as among the steadiest since World War Two
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting came hours after Mr Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. It largely focused on expanding the trade ties between the two countries.
The meeting comes amid Trump's tariffs and pressure on India to stop buying oil from Russia, claiming that it fuelled the Ukraine war.
"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," Mr Jaishankar said at a joint media briefing with Mr Lavrov.
"Geo-political convergence, leadership contacts and popular sentiment remain its key drivers," he said.
Earlier today, Mr Jaishankar said that India-Russia ties are the "steadiest" of relationships in the world after the Second World War.
He is on a three-day visit to Russia during which he co-chaired the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) and addressed the India-Russia Business Forum meeting in Moscow.
