NSA Ajit Doval To Visit Russia This Week, Discuss Ukraine Peace Efforts: Reports

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will travel to Moscow this week to hold discussions aimed at resolving the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to media reports. During his visit, Doval will reportedly also take part in the BRICS-NSA meeting in Moscow.

No details regarding the schedule of this visit are available currently, but reports said that the former IPS officer is also likely to hold bilateral meetings with his Russian and Chinese counterparts ahead of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October under the Russian Presidency. BRICS is an informal group of 10 nations including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Doval also represented India in the last BRICS-NSA meeting held in South Africa's Johannesburg in 2023.

The NSA's visit comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured both Russia and Ukraine in the past two months and met their leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, respectively.