Putin to receive Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar at Kremlin

On August 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin during the Indian minister’s working visit to Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“He [Russian President Vladimir Putin] intends to receive Indian Foreign Minister Mr Jaishankar, who is in Moscow on a working visit, at the Kremlin in the coming hours,” Peskov told reporters.

Peskov described India as a “special and privileged partner” of Russia and said the talks would have a “more than extensive” agenda, Russian media reports.

Jaishankar has already met Russia’s co-chair of the intergovernmental commission, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. He is also due to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

By Aghakazim Guliyev