Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, held a meeting on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.

Earlier, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a picture of Jaishankar and Lavrov, stating that the two leaders held talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. The two leaders had earlier met in Johannesburg in February this year,

Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and exchanged views on bilateral cooperation, the evolving situation in West Asia, and collaboration within multilateral groupings such as BRICS and the SCO.