Top Russian Official To Visit India, Afghanistan, China, Pak On Agenda

Issues relating to China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will be in focus at the meeting between the two NSAs, as per government sources.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will meet his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday in Delhi for high level inter-governmental consultations on Afghanistan. The meeting is being seen as an outcome of a recent telephone conversation between PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Issues relating to China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will be in focus at the meeting between the two NSAs, as per government sources. "All aspects related to Afghanistan and threats emerging out from there will be discussed," a senior official in PMO told NDTV. Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, will arrive in Delhi this evening and would also be meeting PM Modi during his two-day visit, as per the foreign ministry.