Moscow, Aug. 21 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday and said the global context for the meeting is provided by the evolving geopolitical situation, the shifting economic and trade landscape, and the shared goal is to maximise complementarity.

In his opening remarks, Jaishankar said he and Lavrov have been meeting regularly on the sidelines of multilateral events as well, most recently at the BRICS Summit and the SCO Foreign Ministers' Summit.

"I think these regular meetings have helped us to be in continuous touch which is important at a time when international relations is changing so much," he said.

The two leaders reviewed bilateral ties and exchanged views on politics, tr...