Foreign Ministers of India, Russia, China to hold talks on Friday
The Hindu
The three Foreign Ministers are expected to deliberate on regional issues of mutual interests including the situation in Afghanistan
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks in the virtual format on Friday with a focus on key regional and global issues.
The meeting, being held under the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral framework, will be chaired by Mr. Jaishankar, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
"The 18th meeting of the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation, Republic of India and People's Republic of China will be held in digital video-conference format on November 26," it said.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.