Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale holds talks with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister in Moscow

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkovon in Moscow yesterday and discussed key strategic issues such as BRICS cooperation and New Delhi's NSG membership bid.

  

A Russian Embassy statement said during the talks the two sides also discussed topical international



issues of mutual interest. It said, cooperation within the BRICS format, the current issues of the key multilateral export control regimes, including New Delhi's application for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, and other non-proliferation and arms control issues were also discussed.