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March 13, 2010, Saturday
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INDIA and Russia Friday signed a nuclear cooperation agreement and chalked out an ambitious road map for a series of nuclear reactors to be built in India with Russian help over the next few decades.
The agreements, signed by officials at the end of talks between visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, will include the construction of around a dozen nuclear reactors.
"We are building a strategic partnership with India in the nuclear sector," Putin told business leaders in a video conference earlier Friday.
No exact figures were immediately available on the number of reactors that Russia will build, although in December Russia's nuclear energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko had said Moscow would build up to 20 reactors at three sites in India.
Singh said the two sides had completed several important and long-pending defense cooperation projects, emphasizing that ties between the Cold War allies remained close.
"We regard Russia as a trusted and reliable strategic partner," Singh told reporters after the talks.
The two sides signed an US$ 1.5 billion deal to sell MiG-29K aircraft carrier-based fighter jets to India with the first deliveries to begin in 2012.
The two leaders also agreed to intensify their consultations on Afghanistan in tackling the challenges posed by terrorism and extremism in the region, Singh said.
Earlier, Putin told the business leaders that the activities of extremist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a "matter of worry for the entire region and the whole world."
"Parts of Afghanistan's soil continue to be used by terror groups. We understand the concerns of India regarding the activities of banned outfits in Pakistan," he said.
Other agreements signed Friday included one on the production of satellite navigation systems and others relating to hydrocarbons and the energy sectors, officials said.
Putin, who arrived in New Delhi late Thursday, also held talks Friday with Indian President Pratibha Patil and ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi.
Discussions between Putin and Singh focussed on strengthening the decades-old bilateral ties between the two countries and examined ways to take them forward as India's burgeoning economy is courted by other players.
India remains one of the world's biggest arms importers and a top Russian arms client, with Moscow supplying nearly 70 percent of New Delhi's military hardware.
Putin said Russia was pursuing technical military cooperation with India that included joint work on a next-generation fighter jet.
The two sides further signed a series of agreements marking the end of a protracted dispute over the cost of refurbishing a Soviet-built aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov, for the Indian navy.
The agreements, signed by officials at the end of talks between visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, will include the construction of around a dozen nuclear reactors.
"We are building a strategic partnership with India in the nuclear sector," Putin told business leaders in a video conference earlier Friday.
No exact figures were immediately available on the number of reactors that Russia will build, although in December Russia's nuclear energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko had said Moscow would build up to 20 reactors at three sites in India.
Singh said the two sides had completed several important and long-pending defense cooperation projects, emphasizing that ties between the Cold War allies remained close.
"We regard Russia as a trusted and reliable strategic partner," Singh told reporters after the talks.
The two sides signed an US$ 1.5 billion deal to sell MiG-29K aircraft carrier-based fighter jets to India with the first deliveries to begin in 2012.
The two leaders also agreed to intensify their consultations on Afghanistan in tackling the challenges posed by terrorism and extremism in the region, Singh said.
Earlier, Putin told the business leaders that the activities of extremist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a "matter of worry for the entire region and the whole world."
"Parts of Afghanistan's soil continue to be used by terror groups. We understand the concerns of India regarding the activities of banned outfits in Pakistan," he said.
Other agreements signed Friday included one on the production of satellite navigation systems and others relating to hydrocarbons and the energy sectors, officials said.
Putin, who arrived in New Delhi late Thursday, also held talks Friday with Indian President Pratibha Patil and ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi.
Discussions between Putin and Singh focussed on strengthening the decades-old bilateral ties between the two countries and examined ways to take them forward as India's burgeoning economy is courted by other players.
India remains one of the world's biggest arms importers and a top Russian arms client, with Moscow supplying nearly 70 percent of New Delhi's military hardware.
Putin said Russia was pursuing technical military cooperation with India that included joint work on a next-generation fighter jet.
The two sides further signed a series of agreements marking the end of a protracted dispute over the cost of refurbishing a Soviet-built aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov, for the Indian navy.
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