The comments by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal came following a report that some Indians are working as support staff to the Russian army in the conflict zone.

Mahmud is visiting India from February 6 to 9 in his first bilateral foreign trip since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power for a fifth term after a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections last month.

The India-China relations have been strained since May 2020 when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) amassed troops in eastern Ladakh, leading to a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020.