India, June 27 -- Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Qingdao, where they discussed supplying S-400 systems, Su-30 MKI upgrades, and procurement of critical military hardware, officials said on Friday.

The meeting between the two leaders occurred just days after India and Pakistan were engaged in a conflict following a deadly attack on tourists by Islamabad-backed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam city.

Speaking on the meeting, Singh wrote on X: "Happy to have met the Defence Minister of Russia, Andrey Belousov on the sidelines of SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Qingdao. We had insightful deliberations on boo...