Tianjin, Jul 15 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held separate talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi with a focus on bilateral cooperation and the situation in West Asia.

The meetings took place on the sidelines of a foreign ministerial conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in this northern Chinese city.

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"Reviewed our bilateral cooperation and global developments with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia in Tianjin this afternoon," Jaishankar said in a social media post.

It is understood that the two foreign ministers also deliberated on the evolving regional security scenario including the situation in West Asia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India later this year for the annual India-Russia summit.

It is not immediately known whether preparations for the visit figured in Jaishankar-Lavrov talks.

In their meeting, Jaishankar and Araghchi are learnt to have discussed the overall situation in West Asia.

"Good to catch up with FM @araghchi of Iran, this time on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tianjin," the external affairs minister said on 'X'.

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