Moscow, Aug. 21 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, where the two leaders reviewed bilateral ties and discussed preparations for the annual summit later this year.

Speaking at the meeting, Jaishankar said, "Today's meeting gives an occasion to discuss our political relations as well and also our bilateral ties. ..We now prepare for the annual summit at the end of the year. Our leaders have always given us guidance to take forward our special strategic relationship."

He noted that the two sides engaged in extensive discussions on bilateral cooperation. "We discussed a lot of issues in our bilateral cooperation and found a lot of solutions as well. I want to take bila...