Also read: Rajnath Singh leaves for 3-day visit to RussiaThe meeting that will be held via video conference around 1.30 p.m. will include Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and will be hosted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The RIC meeting coincides with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Moscow to attend Russia’s Victory Day parade, and for high-level meetings. Indian and Chinese militaries have both sent contingents for the parade, but officials ruled out a meeting between Mr. Singh and any Chinese official in Moscow. No bilateral issuesOfficials in Moscow and Delhi have also underlined that “no bilateral issues” would be discussed during the video conference. This is going to be a trilateral meeting,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, when asked last Thursday.

Source: The Hindu June 22, 2020 17:10 UTC