Jaishankar to have trilateral meet with Li today

Strap: Meets Kyrgyz, Tajik counterparts on SCO sidelines

Moscow/ Beijing, September 9

The Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) will hold a luncheon meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is the host of the meeting of SCO foreign ministers being held in the Russian capital from Wednesday to Thursday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is in Moscow on a four-day visit to attend the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the SCO of which both India and China are members.

Jaishankar on Wednesday held separate bilateral meetings with his Kyrgyz and Tajik counterparts here and discussed bilateral ties and ways to boost India’s strategic partnership with the two Central Asian countries.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also hold bilateral meetings with relevant member states of the SCO.

“A fruitful meeting with FM Chingiz Aidarbekov of Kyrgyz Republic on SCO sidelines,” Jaishankar tweeted after his first bilateral meeting of the day. The two leaders discussed issues of bilateral and regional interest.

Jaishankar thanked Aidarbekov for the support in facilitating the return of Indian nationals from the Central Asian country. — PTI