Bharat Express

Foreign ministers

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval were also present at the meeting with the visiting foreign dignitaries.

Besides Jaishankar, Russia's Sergei Lavrov and China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu were also present at the meeting ahead of the BRICS summit, which South Africa will host in August.

Russia and China are among a few countries that have kept their diplomatic missions in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, since the Taliban took power in August 2021.