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India: Russia's Lavrov to visit India as pressure over Ukraine builds
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NEW DELHI, 31 March 2022, (TON): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit New Delhi for a two-day trip, the Indian foreign ministry said “as the two countries look for ways to maintain trade and other relations despite the Ukraine crisis.”
It will only be Lavrov's third visit overseas since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, after a trip to Turkey for talks with his Ukrainian counterpart earlier this month and meetings in China.
While both India and China have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine they have refused to explicitly condemn Russia's invasion.
They have also continued to buy commodities from Russia hard hit by sweeping Western sanctions.
An Indian government source said foreign ministry officials could discuss setting up a payment mechanism with Russia, whose banks have been sanctioned by Western countries.
The source was not authorized to speak to the media and declined to be named.
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