New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- India and Russia on Wednesday held the seventh round of talks under the India-Russia Special Mechanism on Pakistan and Afghanistan in New Delhi, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation under their Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.

Ministry of External Affairs in a press release said that the talks were co-chaired by India's Deputy National Security Adviser Pavan Kapoor and Russia's Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Venediktov.

According to the press release, the two sides held wide-ranging discussions on issues of common interest, including their implications for international security.

"Both sides held wide-ranging discussions on issues of common interest, ...