Press Release

9th Trilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers of India-Russia-China, Bengaluru (October 27, 2009)

23/10/2009

The Ninth Trilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers of India-Russia-China will be held in Bengaluru on 27 October 2009. External Affairs Minister, Shri S.M. Krishna will be hosting Russian Foreign Minister Mr. Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Yang Jiechi.

2. This will be the fifth standalone meeting of Foreign Ministers of India-Russia-China. The last two meetings were held in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2008 and Harbin, China in 2007. At the forthcoming meeting in Bengaluru, the three Foreign Ministers will discuss regional and international issues and will explore ways of strengthening trilateral cooperation.

New Delhi
October 23, 2009