UK's Truss to visit India on same day as Russia's Lavrov


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  • Thursday, 31 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss seen after a service of thanksgiving for late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Liz Truss will visit India on Thursday as part of a "wider diplomatic push" on the war in Ukraine, her office said, a trip which coincides with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov travelling to the country.

India has frustrated Western allies by refusing to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and by buying Russian commodities at a discount.

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