Praising Putin’s continuous personal attention on strengthening ties with India, Modi pointed out, “Your personal attention has been a source of strength to our relationship, your leadership provided stability and substance to our strategic partnership”.
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Before the BRICS summit began on Saturday night, Modi and Putin held their annual face-to-face.
India and Russian Federation today signed 16 agreements and three announcements in a number of fields including infrastructure, defence, ship building, science and technology and railways.
In a veiled disapproval of terror sponsored from across the border, India and Russian Federation on Saturday strongly pushed for steps to deny safe havens for terror and called for an early conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) by the United Nations to tackle the menace. The deals included one worth $5 billion, which allowed the procurement of Russia’s most advanced anti-aircraft defense system, the S 400 Triumph.
India’s military needs at least 200 of the helicopters to replace aging choppers.
Kamov 226T helicopters will be built in India from now.
The refinery deal follows a string of upstream investments in Russian Federation by Indian companies in recent months that, Modi said, were worth $5.5 billion.
Another pact involves India’s “purchase/construction” of four naval frigates.
Modi and Putin also used video-conferencing to witness a foundation-laying ceremony for the Nos.
Addressing a joint press conference with Putin, Modi said eight more reactors will be set up in collaboration with Russian Federation. He also underlined the fact this action will be done when it will achieve maximum impact.
The summit left New Delhi reassured that Russia’s defence ties with Pakistan would not go against the security interests of India.
The president of Russia accused the outgoing U.S. administration of “playing the Russian card” in order to distract voters from its failures, including a large state debt and bad diplomacy in the Middle East.
The third and fourth Phase of Nuclear Plant construction in Kudankulam.
“If the change of administration is going to help, that’s fine, ‘ Churkin said”.
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According to several news outlets citing current and former USA government officials say the Central Intelligence Agency has been asked to deliver options to the White House for a wide-ranging “clandestine” cyber operation.
