India & Russia to establish a '2+2 Ministerial Dialogue' at Foreign and Defence Level

India and Russia have decided to establish a new 2+2 dialogue at the foreign and defence minister level.
Till date, India has this mechanism with only QUAD member countries, which are United States, Japan, and Australia.
Russia is the first non-Quad member country with which India will now have this mechanism.
The decision regarding the same was taken during a telephonic conversation between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin with focus primarily on the ongoing COVID crisis in India.
Russia is sending 22 tonnes of assistance including 20 oxygen production units, 75 lung ventilators, 150 medical monitors and 200,000 packs of medicine.