India steps up diplomacy with Russia, China and Gulf trade bloc

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India on Monday pushed ahead with a series of diplomatic and trade engagements, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arriving in Beijing for boundary talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Indian officials reviewing the proposed free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, meanwhile, sought greater Japanese investment in India and said the country was negotiating with at least eight to nine more groups of countries and individual nations. Separately, Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir reached Tehran for…

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