India, April 3 -- Russia's first deputy prime minister Denis Manturov met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday and discussed ways to advance cooperation in critical areas such as energy and fertilisers.

Modi said on social media that he and Manturov discussed "mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, fertilisers, connectivity and people-to-people ties". Modi lauded the sustained efforts by both countries to implement the outcomes of the India-Russia Summit held during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi last December.

Jaishankar said after his meeting with Manturov that the two sides had focused on bilateral cooperation in trade, industry, energy, fertilisers, connectivity and mo...