.India's first deputy FM arrives in Moscow for consultations.

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NEW DELHI, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - India's First Deputy Foreign
Minister Nirupama Rao arrives on Monday in Moscow for consultations on
topical issues of bilateral, regional and international cooperation,
sources from the Indian Foreign Ministry told Tass.
The top Indian official is expected to meet with two deputies to the
Russian foreign minister, Andrei Denisov and Alexei Borodavkin. The
consultations will focus on Russian-Indian relations, including in the
energy sector, defence, science and space exploration, Russian-Indian
cooperation in the BRIC group of states (Brazil, Russia, India and China),
G20, as well as cooperation on problems of global climate changes, the
sources added.
The sides will also discuss in detail the situation in Afghanistan,
they said. The sources also stressed that India considers consultations
between the two foreign ministries as a major format of meetings for
discussing key issues of mutual interest.
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