UK and Russia foreign secretaries visit India on same day

UK and Russia foreign secretaries visit India

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are visiting India as both sides seek to strengthen ties with Delhi, Qazet.az reports.

Truss is urging Delhi to come alongside other democratic countries to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and reduce its dependence on Moscow.

Lavrov, who is meeting PM Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar today, is expected to call on Delhi to buy more Russian oil and gas, and to bypass Western sanctions.

Truss spoke of a "network of liberty." She told Mr. Jaishankar it was vital that democracies worked together to determine aggressors.