National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held talks with Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov in Moscow on bilateral military-technical ties and implementation of joint projects in strategic sectors.

Mr. Doval is in Russia to hold crucial talks on bilateral energy and defence ties and to prepare the ground for Russian President Vladmir Putin’s visit to India later this year.

Mr. Doval and Mr. Manturov met on Friday (August 8, 2025), according to the Russian Embassy in India.

The talks covered “topical issues of #RussiaIndia military-technical cooperation, as well as the implementation of joint projects in other strategic sectors, including civil aircraft manufacturing, metallurgy, and the chemical industry,” the embassy said in an X post.

On Thursday (August 7, 2025), Mr. Doval called on Mr. Putin at the Kremlin to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries.