Moscow:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the Indian Embassy in Moscow on Thursday.
Mr Singh arrived proper right here on Wednesday on a three-day go to to attend an important meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). That’s his second go to throughout the over two months.
“Equipped flowers at Bapu’s statue throughout the Indian embassy in Moscow. My tributes to Mahatma Gandhi,” Mr Singh tweeted.
Mr Singh was accompanied by Indian Ambassador to Russia D.B. Venkatesh Varma.
Sporting a masks, Mr Singh was seen with folded fingers and bowed head in respect within the course of Gandhi.
The defence ministers of all eight SCO member nations are anticipated to deliberate on regional security challenges like terrorism and extremism and strategies to deal with them collectively proper right here on Friday, officers talked about.
On Thursday, Mr Singh held an “wonderful meeting” alongside along with his Russian counterpart Gen. Sergey Shoigu proper right here and talked about a wide range of factors, notably simple strategies to deepen defence and strategic cooperation.