Beijing: Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov while on her four-day visit to China.
The two leaders held talks on bilateral and multilateral issues.
The meeting was held in the sidelines of the 13th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of Russia-India-China Trilateral, which Swaraj will be attending later.
The minister is accompanied by new Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, MEA Spokesperson Syed Akbaruiddin among other senior ministry officials. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an exception by agreeing to meet Swaraj on Monday breaking the protocol.
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