Rio de Janeiro, July 6 -- Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held separate bilateral meetings with her counterparts from Russia, Brazil and China during the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

In her meeting with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Sitharaman reaffirmed the "long-standing" partnership between India and Russia. She also thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his unwavering support after the recent terror attack in Pahalgam.

Sitharaman said that both countries enjoy "exemplary levels of mutual trust and understanding," and underlined the strength of the "Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership". The two ministers discussed bilat...