NSA Ajit Doval holds talks with Russian counterpart in St Petersburg
Hindustan TimesNational 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. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, shakes hands with Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, second left, at the meeting of BRICS and BRICS Plus High-Level Security Officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. 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 Zelenskyy said India and China can play a role in finding a solution to the dragging conflict.