Bilateral trade and economic relations are embarrassingly low and nowhere near India’s trade turnover with other major partners like the USA, the European Union, etc, all of which hover around $100bn while India-Russia trade wallows at the ten-billion-dollar level.
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“A series of programs await in this short but very important visit”, Modi tweeted both in English and Russian. “These would boost defence manufacturing in India and India’s defence readiness with next generation equipment”, Modi said.
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The talks between the two countries, bound by “special and privileged strategic ties”, have been taking place alternately in Moscow and New Delhi since 2000.
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As the prime Minister was moving when “Jana Gana Mana” was being played at the defend of honour by a contingent of the Russian army, a Russian official gently nudged him to move back.
Putin hosted Modi for a personal dinner forward of Thursday’s hectic schedule of engagements between the 2 nations.
Modi said he and Russian president Vladimir Putin had talked in detail about the future of Eurasia and how it can create more opportunities for growth. The two leaders also agreed to institutionalise the CEO’s Forum with two meetings annually: one in India and one in Russian Federation.
According to sources close to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Modi expressed serious concern over Russia’s decision to supply attack helicopters to Pakistan during his meeting with President Putin. Moscow has already reached an agreement with New Delhi to construct 12 nuclear power plants in India.
Following the talks, a number of bilateral agreements are expected to be inked, in particular on transport, trade, energy and reciprocal trips of the citizens, the Kremlin press service said. President of Russia Vladimir Putin also gifted Modi a late-18th century Indian sword from Bengal province that features intricate silver artwork.
The 18th century sword from Bengal belonged to the Najafi Dynasty.
The Prime Minister will visit Russia’s National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) here tomorrow.
Modi was briefed about round-the-clock functioning of various wings of the agency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Russian Federation, for the annual bilateral summit between the two countries, comes at a crucial juncture. He is further slated to visit the EMERCOM (The Ministry of Emergency Situations). The capabilities of the NCMC embrace state-of-artwork actual time monitoring, knowledge assortment, evaluation and modelling.
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Before heading for the Kremlin, Modi laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here. The memorial was unveiled to the public on May 8, 1967.
