No confirmation on Russia-India-China trilateral talks: Report

Amid speculation over a potential trilateral engagement, sources have clarified that no meeting under the Russia-India-China (RIC) format has been agreed upon at this stage. Furthermore, there are currently no discussions underway regarding the scheduling of such a dialogue, sources said.

Earlier, during a weekly media press briefing on Thursday, Official Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal said that the RIC mechanism is for the countries to come together and discuss global and regional issues of interest.

"This consultative format is a mechanism where the three countries come and discuss global issues and regional issues of interest to them. As to when this particular RIC format meeting is going to be held, it is something that will be worked out among the three countries in a mutually convenient manner, and we will let you know as and when that happens at an appropriate time when the meeting is to take place," he said.