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  With tensions high with China, India insists that President Xi Jinping's absence at the G20 summit in New Delhi will not affect talks to produce a consensus communique at the meeting [File: Sajjad Hussain/AFP] Chinese President Xi Jinping skipping the weekend  G20 summit in New Delhi  is not unusual, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says, adding that the decision has nothing to do with tense ties with New Delhi. The diplomat told a local news agency on Wednesday that Xi’s absence will not affect negotiations to produce a consensus communique at the gathering of world’s largest economies slated to be held on Saturday and Sunday. Beijing has said that relations between the two nuclear-armed Asian giants remain “generally stable” despite Xi’s decision not to attend the  Group of 20 summit  in the Indian capital. This week, China announced that Premier Li Qiang, who took office in March, would represent the country at the meeting. Jaishankar noted t...

  Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov © Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss continued bilateral cooperation in various areas and international organizations. "The ministers exchanged views on the most pressing issues of bilateral relations and international problems. They discussed practical steps to continue developing trade, economic and energy cooperation, collaboration in the field of transportation, as well as financial cooperation. They emphasized the mutual desire to increase coordination in multilateral formats, primarily in the UN, as well as in the SCO, BRICS and G20," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Jakarta. da "tass.com"