New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Russia from August 19-21, during which he called upon President Vladimir Putin, held meetings with Deputy First PM Denis Manturov and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

As per an official statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the external affairs minister held wide-ranging discussions on several issues, such as terrorism, and regional developments such as those in Ukraine, West Asia and Afghanistan.

EAM also co-chaired the 26th session of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).

As per the MEA, during the visit, Jaishankar also interacted with prominent scholars and think...