National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Russian President Vladimir Putin held wide-ranging discussions in Moscow today. In the meeting, both countries agreed to continue working towards implementing the strategic partnership between the two countries.The meeting was focused on bilateral and regional issues, but it did not detail the issues. They also added that NSA Ajit Doval called on President Putin. Wide-ranging discussion on bilateral and regional issues. Both agreed to continue work towards implementing the India-Russia strategic partnership.Indias National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is on a two-day visit to Russia. Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov to New Delhi said that they further want to diversify their relationships with India. Indias External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also visited Russia three months back during which two sides vowed to expand their economic engagement including Indias import of petroleum products from the country. And now, Ajit Doval visits Russia for discussions on major points.During Dovals fifth meeting with the Secretaries of Security Council on Afghanistan which was hosted by Russia, he said that no country should be allowed to use Afghan to export terrorism and assured that India will never leave the people of Afghanistan in their time of need.Besides Russia and India, the meeting was attended by representatives of other countries also. NSA Dovals visit to Moscow comes weeks ahead of the G-20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi. Also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to travel to India to attend the meeting on March 1 and 2. The ties between India and Russia remained strong in spite of Moscows invasion of Ukraine.Indias import of Russian crude oil has gone up significantly in the last few months despite increasing uneasiness over it in many Western countries.
