New Delhi, March 30 India and Russia explored ways to further strengthen their already close strategic partnership against the backdrop of the West Asia crisis and its economic repercussions on Monday.
The escalating conflict in West Asia figured prominently in Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko's meetings in New Delhi, including with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
"It was good to meet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko of Russia. We discussed further advancing our wide-ranging cooperation, as well as regional and global developments," Jaishankar said on social media.
People familiar with the meeting said the West Asia crisis was a topic of discussion.
Rudenko also co-chaired India-Russia Foreign Office Consultations along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
"Both sides reviewed the full spectrum of the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership and shared perspectives on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
It is learnt that the two sides reviewed the implementation of decisions taken at the summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin last December.
Following the talks between the two leaders, India and Russia unveiled a raft of measures, including a five-year roadmap to build a robust economic partnership and to increase the annual trade to USD 100 billion by 2030.