RIC nations unlikely to meet till China border situation normalises

Last week Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said a meeting would be held later this year

New Delhi is unlikely to participate in a potential meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping until the situation at the northern border with China normalises, officials told Business Standard.

Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during his G20 visit to India that Moscow wants India and China to become friends, and announced that a meeting of the multilateral grouping would be held later this year.

The move is considered a part of Russia’s efforts to counter the Western narrative that the current regime in Moscow is increasingly without diplomatic allies that are willing to be seen with