Ajit Doval holds talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu
The HinduNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval has held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in St. Petersburg and discussed important issues of "mutual interests" amid fresh calls for India's possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict. "Both sides reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation and discussed important issues of mutual interest," the Indian embassy in Russia said on the talks between Mr. Doval and Mr. Shoigu. Mr. Modi's nearly nine-hour visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian Prime Minister since its independence in 1991, came six weeks after he held summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. On Saturday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, following her talks with Mr. Zelenskyy, said India and China can play a role in finding a solution to the dragging conflict.