They said the three countries attached importance to the issue of climate change and reiterated the principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, including the principle of “Common but Differentiated Responsibilities”.

The three Foreign Ministers strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. “No act of terrorism can be compartmentalised, and there can be no justification for terrorism on any ground,” they said in their joint communique.

Mukherjee, Yang and Lavrov had in-depth discussions on the Asian regional situation and they believed that peace, development and cooperation are the mainstream in the evolution of the Asian situation.

Mukherjee opposed imposing sanctions on Myanmar and called for encouraging all stakeholders to advance political reforms and national reconciliation, a move supported by China and Russia.

“We believe that the initiative taken by the UN Secretary General (Ban-Ki Moon) to open dialogue amongst the various stakeholders in Myanmar should be encouraged,” Mukherjee said.

“We believe that the Myanmar authorities should be encouraged to engage in the process of dialogue with the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General (Ibrahim Gambari), the initiative which he has taken should be encouraged to take it to the logical conclusion and there should not be any sanctions at this stage,” the Indian External Affairs Minister emphasised.

The fourth round of trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers would be held in Russia, the communique said, adding the three ministers had expressed “satisfaction” at the results achieved during their meeting here.