India, Aug. 21 -- Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, hours after holding wide-ranging talks with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.

The talks largely focused on expanding the trade ties between the two countries.

The meeting comes amid US President Donald Trump's tariff imposition and pressure on India to stop buying oil from Russia, claiming that it fuelled the Ukraine war.

"Geo-political convergence, leadership contacts and popular sentiment remain its key drivers," he said.

Earlier in the day, Jaishankar said that India-Russia ties are the "steadiest" of relationships in the world after the Second World War.

Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Russia during which he co-chaired the ...