Bangladesh, April 30 -- The upcoming visit of Sergey Lavrov to India in May underscores the continued strategic alignment between Moscow and New Delhi at a time of shifting global power dynamics. The Russian foreign minister is scheduled to attend a full-format, two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS bloc in New Delhi, where India currently holds the rotating chairmanship. The gathering is expected to focus on pressing international issues, reforms in global governance, and preparations for the next BRICS summit later this year.

According to Maria Zakharova, the agenda for Lavrovs visit includes “a substantive and in-depth discussion” on the evolving geopolitical landscape and mechanisms to strengthen multilatera...