Amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, EAM S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. He also had a similar conversation with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot.“A good telecon with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia. Shared our assessments on the West Asia conflict and related diplomatic efforts. Also took stock of our bilateral cooperation agenda,” Jaishankar said on X.According to a Russian readout, the ministers spoke in favour of the earliest possible normalisation of the Iran situation. “Emphasis was placed on supporting the contribution of SCO and BRICS towards efforts to de-escalate the situation and create conditions for achieving a sustainable settlement based on a balance of the legitimate interests of all parties,” said the readout.
