Focus on trade as EAM meets Putin and Lavrov

India and Russia on Thursday explored ways to expand trade in a balanced manner, ensure long-term supplies of key commodities such as fertilisers and sustain energy cooperation, with external affairs minister $ Jaishankar saying bilateral ties were among the steadiest of the world’s major relationships due to geopolitical convergence.

- Rezaul H Laskar

Jaishankar, who held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow a day after co-chairing a meeting of a bilateral trade and economic body, also raised New Delhi's concerns, including a massive trade deficit, non-tariff barriers and regulatory impediments, a