India and Russia Friday signed five agreements in the fields of space technology, nuclear reactors and fertilizer production.
The two countries will collaborate in developing satellite navigation systems for civilian use and a road map has been drawn for Russia setting up nuclear power plants in India.
India
and
Russia
Friday signed five agreements in the fields of space technology, nuclear
reactors and fertilizer production.
The two countries will collaborate in developing satellite navigation systems
for civilian use and a road map has been drawn for
Russia
setting up nuclear power plants in
India
.
"We have finalized several important and long-pending defense cooperation
projects," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said during a joint
appearance with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Singh didn't give any
details.
Earlier Friday, Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of
Russia
's
state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said
Russia
is to
build 12 nuclear reactors in
India
, half
of them by 2017.
Putin arrived in
India
earlier Friday and will leave later tonight.
India
and
Russia
have
enjoyed strong bilateral ties since 1950s. The erstwhile
Soviet
Union
collaborated with
India
in
setting up the country's first steel, pharmaceutical and nuclear power plants. While
India
has
become much closer to the
U.S.
in
the past decade,
Russia
remains a major political ally and a key defense supplier for the South Asian
nation. The two countries are also collaborating on several energy, nuclear
power and space projects.
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