Russian President Putin to receive Jaishankar today: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced. "Tonight, the president plans to receive Mr. Jaishankar, India's foreign minister," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters here. Jaishankar is on a five-day official visit to Russia. ​Peskov also said that the top Indian diplomat had already met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.​ ​According to the Kremlin spokesman, India is an important partner of Russia, so the ministers will talk about the contacts held and the course of their discussion.