Lavrov may visit next week, boost security ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to visit India in near future eyeing to expand security partnership including on cross-border terror, defence partnership and prepare for Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit here for the annual summit.

While the dates of Lavrov's visit are yet to be announced there are indications that the Russian Foreign Minister could visit next week. He was earlier scheduled to visit for the Raisina Dialogue but had to postpone it for personal reasons.

Lavrov's trip will be the first visit by a Foreign Minister of a P5 state since the Pahalgam terror attacks, Operation Sindoor and the subsequent conflict.


The Russian Foreign Minister and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke over phone following the Pahalgam terror attacks. This was followed by a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin to PM Narendra Modi and the veteran leader backed any action that India would undertake against terror infrastructure. Russia has maintained that India-Pakistan dispute is completely bilateral in nature.