Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has arrived in India to attend a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade-and-economic, scientific-and-technical and cultural cooperation and a Russian-Indian Business Forum.

• Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has welcomed Manturov. 
• Manturov and Jaishankar are co-chairs of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission.
• On Monday, Mumbai will host a Russian-Indian Business Forum timed to the meeting of the intergovernmental commission. 
• The visiting Russian first deputy prime minister and top Indian diplomat will take part in the forum.
•  The commission’s meeting is scheduled for November 12.