Indian PM visits Russia

[Lankan Ranger]

Indian PM visits Russia

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Russia on Sunday for the annual summit talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, with expansion of
civil nuclear ties, new defence deals and boosting trade high on the agenda.

"Manmohan Singh will visit Moscow (for three days) at the invitation of Medvedev for the annual bilateral Indo-Russian summit," a statement from the ministry of external affairs said.

"The prime minister will hold talks with Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in addition to having several other engagements," said the statement.

The Dec 6-8 trip will see Manmohan Singh attending the closing ceremony of the Year of India festival in Russia at the Bolshoi Theatre.

Manmohan Singh and Medvedev are likely to expand the civil nuclear cooperation between India and Russia. The agreement to build civilian nuclear reactors in India was signed in December 2008 during a visit by the Russian president to New Delhi.

The two sides are expecting to increase bilateral trade from $7 billion to $20 billion by 2015.

The two countries are expected to sign two major defence-related agreements including a 10-year deal on weapons, aircraft and maintenance contracts estimated at around $5 billion.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin was in New Delhi last month and Indian President Pratibha Patil paid a five-day visit to Moscow in September.

From:Defence, trade on agenda during Indian PM's Russia visit- Foreign Trade-Economy-News-The Economic Times

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Manmohan Singh arrives in Moscow, gets red carpet welcome

Moscow, Dec 6 (IANS) A red carpet welcome was accorded to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he arrived amid freezing temperatures in the Russian capital Sunday for a three-day visit that is expected to boost bilateral ties.
Manmohan Singh, attired in a black overcoat, landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo II Airport and was greeted by a Russian band playing the Indian as well as Russian national anthems.

A flurry of snowfall and high velocity winds lashed the Russian capital as the Indian entourage arrived, with the temperature touching minus 5 degrees Celsius.

The two nations are expected to sign an expanded civil nuclear cooperation deal and three key defence pacts during Manmohan Singh’s visit.

Besides civil nuclear cooperation, terrorism and the volatile situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan will figure prominently in the discussions between the two leaders.

Manmohan Singh will meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as well as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during whose presidency the strategic partnership between India and Russia got a boost in 2000.

Manmohan Singh and Putin will also meet members of the India-Russia CEO’s Council in a bid to give a boost to lacklustre trade ties between the two partners.

From:Manmohan Singh arrives in Moscow, gets red carpet welcome (Lead)

 

[indiatech]

India, Russia reach pact on Gorskhkov, to ink nuke deal

India and Russia have reached a broad agreement to break the logjam over the protracted price renegotiation over Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier and the two sides are expected to sign a landmark civil nuclear pact during summit talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday.

Seeking to resolve the Gorshkov price issue, an irritant in bilateral ties, the two countries have worked out a general agreement, sources said. A pact in this regard, however, is unlikely to be signed during Mr. Singh’s visit here.

The Prime Minister arrived here on a three-day visit, his sixth trip to Russia since 2004, that will also see the inking of three agreements in the field of defence, including one for ending ad-hocism in servicing Russian military equipment.

As a special gesture, the Russian President will host a private dinner for Mr. Singh and his wife Gursharan Gaur at his countryside residence in Barvikha outside Moscow.

The path-breaking civil nuclear pact is significant as it will ensure uninterrupted uranium fuel supplies from Russia in the event of termination of bilateral ties in this field for any reason, the sources said.

The agreement is considered by India as a “major improvement” over the 123 pact with the U.S. which provides for not just termination of ongoing cooperation but also for the return to the country of already supplied components and fuel in the event of the accord being scrapped.

The Hindu : News / National : India, Russia reach pact on Gorskhkov, to ink nuke deal

 

[amunhotep]

can someone enlighten me as to what happened to the deals of smerch MBRL, Amur-submarine & Kornet-E ATGM ??? also what happened to the brahmos-II hypersonic version ??????? any word on PAK-FA FGFA during this visit ????? what happened to MRTA ??????? please somebody shed some light ............. the news reports are inconclusive with no details of defence deals

also when will russia lease to india the akula-II ????????


to me this visit seems to be just a formality & nothing else

 

[Goodperson]

can someone enlighten me as to what happened to the deals of smerch MBRL, Amur-submarine & Kornet-E ATGM ??? also what happened to the brahmos-II hypersonic version ??????? any word on PAK-FA FGFA during this visit ????? what happened to MRTA ??????? please somebody shed some light ............. the news reports are inconclusive with no details of defence deals

also when will russia lease to india the akula-II ????????

to me this visit seems to be just a formality & nothing else

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...uclear-deal-better-than-123-a.html#post573085

 

[amunhotep]

INDIA gives go-ahead to MRTA

NEW DELHI - India's highest decision-making body on security matters gave its approval Dec. 3 to the joint development with Russia of a multirole transport aircraft (MTA).The clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Security here will pave the way for a formal agreement to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia, beginning Dec. 6.



The plan calls for India and Russia to jointly build 210 MTAs, with Russia buying 100 and India buying the rest. The agreement will include an option for India to buy 100 more MTAs for its Army and other security forces.



Despite a 2002 memorandum of understanding to forge a joint venture to build the aircraft in India, no headway has been made on the project. The formal agreement likely will be inked during Singh's Moscow visit, an Indian Defence Ministry official said.



Russia's Irkutsk Aviation and Industrial Association, llyushin Aviation Complex and Rosoboronexport have decided to participate in the MTA program with India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) on an equity-sharing basis.



The Russians will finance nearly $300 million of the aircraft's development costs, the Defence Ministry official said. HAL also will supply $300 million for the effort after getting firm orders for the 15-ton MTA from the Indian Air Force, the ministry official added.

The MTA is intended to replace the Air Force's transport aircraft, most of which were bought from Russia. India has about 100 medium-lift An-32s and about 20 heavy-lift Il-76s. In 2008, India signed a contract for the purchase of six C-130 Hercules transport planes from the U.S.

here is the link

ASIAN DEFENCE: Indian Panel OKs Joint Aircraft Effort With Russia