The External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar discussed the Pahalgam terror attack with Russia's foreign minister (FM) Sergey Lavrov on Friday (May 2). Jaishankar said that the "perpetrators, backers and planners of Pahalgam attack' must be brought to justice.

Sergey Lavrov calls for India-Pakistan dialogue in talks with Jaishankar
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has urged India and Pakistan to settle their disagreements bilaterally through political and diplomatic means. In a phone call with his Indian counterpart, Jaishankar, Lavrov discussed bilateral relations between India and Russia and also the recent aggravation in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad after the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed.

“They discussed issues of Russian-Indian cooperation and the aggravation of Indian-Pakistani relations following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. Sergey Lavrov called for settling disagreements between New Delhi and Islamabad on a bilateral basis by political and diplomatic means per the provisions of the Simla Agreement of 1972 and the Lahore Declaration of 1999, ” a release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation SV Lavrov in a telephonic conversation with Jaishankar discussed the terrorist attack near Pahalgam.Lavrov in his call with Jaishankar called for the settlement of disagreements between Delhi and Islamabad.

Telephonic conversation between Jaishankar and Lavrov
"On May 2, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation SV Lavrov and the Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Jaishankar," the statement read. Lavrov called for settlements by political and diplomatic means on a bilateral basis. "The heads of the foreign policy departments discussed current issues of Russian-Indian cooperation, as well as the aggravation of Indian-Pakistani relations after the terrorist attack near Pahalgam. SV Lavrov called for the settlement of disagreements between New Delhi and Islamabad by political and diplomatic means on a bilateral basis in accordance with the provisions of the Simla Agreement of 1972 and the Lahore Declaration of 1999," the statement read.

"The ministers discussed the schedule of upcoming contacts at the highest and high levels," the statement added.