India, May 3 -- India has informed Russia about the need to bring the perpetrators, backers and planners of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice, even as Moscow called for the settling of differences between New Delhi and Islamabad through diplomatic means.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said in a social media post on Saturday that he had discussed the Pahalgam terror attack with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Friday. "Its perpetrators, backers and planners must be brought to justice," Jaishankar said.

During the phone conversation, Lavrov called for the "settlement of disagreements between New Delhi and Islamabad by political and diplomatic means on a bilateral basis in accordance with the provisions of the Simla Agr...