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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on 3 October 2026 chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on India-Russia relations, telling members that Russia has agreed to take around 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, mainly in construction and logistics. He said India and Russia share an ambition to expand bilateral trade in a balanced manner, including through greater Indian exports in seven areas: automobiles, pharmaceuticals, food, marine products, engineering goods, chemicals and textiles. Jaishankar also updated the panel on India's diplomatic efforts toward ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including his recent visit to Ukraine and his meetings with the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers on the margins of the UN General Assembly, and said around 140 Indian nationals have so far been discharged from service in the Russian army, with 55 still unaccounted for.