Monday 24 December 2012

PM holds talks with visiting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

 

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday met the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin at his 7 race course road residence with intending to reinvigorate political ties between the two nations.

The two sides are holding talks on various bilateral issues.
Moscow and New Delhi are likely to sign agreements on trade, science, education and law enforcement.
The two sides are also likely to issue a joint statement after the meeting.
Russian President arrived in New Delhi on Monday on a visit intended to help cement Russia’s position in the growing Indian market.
While the volume of Russian-Indian trade has risen sixfold since 2000 and is expected to reach USD 10 billion this year, the growth has slowed in recent years.
The countries have cooperated on building an advanced fighter plane and a new transport aircraft and have jointly developed a supersonic cruise missile for the Indian Navy.

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