NEW DELHI: National security advisor Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and the two held comprehensive discussion on bilateral and regional issues, Indias embassy in Russia tweeted.They agreed to continue work towards carrying out the India-Russia tactical collaboration, it further said.The meeting comes amidst the continuing crisis in Ukraine following an attack by Russia last year February.On Wednesday, Doval participated in the 5th multilateral conference of Secretaries of Security Councils/NSAs on Afghanistan which was hosted by Russia.

We are also fretted about attempts to utilize the situation in Afghanistan to enable extra-regional forces to broaden or develop their infrastructure, Putin said, according to the Kremlin.Doval in his address said no country should be allowed to use Afghan territory to export terrorism and asserted that India will never abandon individuals of Afghanistan in their time of need.His check out to Russia came 3 months after external affairs minister S Jaishankar took a trip to the nation, throughout which the two sides pledged to broaden their economic engagement including Indias import of petroleum products.Indias oil exports from Russia have seen a significant dive considering that the Ukraine war broke out, even as numerous western nations approved Russia and lower economic and trade engagements.Indias defence cooperation with Russia also searches solid ground, with the chief of BrahMos saying western sanctions on Moscow will have no impact.BrahMos Aerospace is a joint endeavor in between India and Russia that specialises in nuclear-capable supersonic missiles.India has actually not yet condemned the Russian intrusion of Ukraine and it has actually been keeping that the crisis must be fixed through diplomacy and discussion.

India has actually abstained from voting on numerous UN resolutions that condemned Russia for its Ukraine invasion.Dovals see to Moscow likewise occurred ahead of the G-20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi.Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is anticipated to travel to India to attend the conference on March 1 and 2.(With agency inputs)