EAM may visit Russia next week amid prep for Putin’s India trip

Jaishankar is expected to be in Moscow on November 17 for the meeting of SCO’s Council of the Heads of Government, people familiar with planning for the visit on both sides said on condition of anonymity. Jaishankar is also expected to hold a separate meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, they said. Putin is expected to be in New Delhi during December 4-5 for the annual India-Russia Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is set to be his first visit to India since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, though he met Modi on…