Jaishankar to meet foreign ministers of China, Russia amid border tensions

EAM S Jaishankar to meet foreign ministers of Russia and China during his visit to Moscow. The Indian foreign minister will be meeting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) council of foreign ministers' summit. The Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting between Jaishankar, Wang and their Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov is likely to be held on Thursday. The meeting is significant as it comes in the wake of escalating tensions at multiples points along the disputed boundary between India and China in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar is already in Moscow for the two-day meeting of foreign ministers, which began on Wednesday.