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Russian foreign minister Lavrov may visit India within a week

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is likely to visit India in the next one week and the key focus is expected to be discussions on a payment system for New Delhi’s procurement of oil and military hardware from Moscow, people familiar with the developments said on Monday.
It would be the highest-level visit from Russia to India after Moscow launched its military offensive against Ukraine on February 24.
There has been no official word on the proposed visit either by the Ministry of External Affairs or by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
There has been a flurry of high-level visits to India in the last few weeks including by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and foreign ministers of Austria and Greece.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is scheduled to visit India on Thursday.
On Lavrov’s proposed visit, the people cited above said the main focus is likely to be a payment system for India’s procurement of Russian crude oil and military hardware.
The western sanctions on Russia have created difficulties in making payments to that country.
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