India and Russia held discussions on key strategic issues such as nuclear energy, space and defence, apart from deliberations on the situation in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Iran and other regions. During the Comprehensive Foreign Office Consultations, the two sides discussed strategic sectors of cooperation such as nuclear energy, space and defence, along with other issues of bilateral significance in the economic, consular, protocol and cultural areas.

While the Indian side was led by Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, Russian side was led by First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russian Federation, I Denisov in the consultations. Mathai and Denisov also discussed bilateral cooperation in multilateral fora including the UN, G-20, SCO, East Asia
Summit and BRICS- particularly the next BRICS Summit in New Delhi. They agreed to continue close consultations, including through focused meetings on specific issues and regions.

The senior officials also discussed preparations for commemorating 65 years of diplomatic relations between India and Russia, which will be observed on April 13th, this year.