{"id":22103,"date":"2015-12-25T02:32:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T02:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/indian-and-russian-leaders-praise-partnership\/"},"modified":"2015-12-25T02:32:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T02:32:39","slug":"indian-and-russian-leaders-praise-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/indian-and-russian-leaders-praise-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian and Russian leaders praise partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have proclaimed the partnership between their two countries as they signed defence, energy and other deals.}<\/p>\n

President Putin announced that Russia would build a series of nuclear plants in India over the next two decades.<\/p>\n

He said work on the first two reactors was now in preparation.<\/p>\n

About $7bn (\u00a34.7bn) worth of deals have been signed during Mr Modi’s Russia trip, many of them defence related.<\/p>\n

However, there has been no progress on an expected purchase by India of Russian S-400 missiles, Moscow’s most sophisticated aircraft defence system.<\/p>\n

“I see in Russia a prominent partner in India’s economic transformation,” Mr Modi said after he and Mr Putin agreed to reduce visa requirements between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Mr Modi is eager for Russia to participate in various infrastructure projects as his government strives to revamp India’s railway network and build nuclear energy plants to meet growing electricity needs.<\/p>\n

They agreed on the location of a new Russian nuclear energy plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n

Russia is already constructing a nuclear plant in the nearby state of Tamil Nadu. Mr Modi said Russia had agreed to build a total of 12 over an unspecified timeframe.<\/p>\n

Deals signed between the two countries included:<\/p>\n

The joint construction of multi-task Kamov-226 helicopters
\n Joint work on a multi-role fighter jet and a transport aircraft
\n A bigger Indian stake in the Vankor oilfield in Siberia owned by Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft
\n Joint co-operation in exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Russia
\n Indian involvement in Russia’s state-controlled diamond corporation Alrosa to make 65% of the world’s cut diamonds<\/p>\n

President Putin told a joint briefing that Russia supported India’s “strengthening role in resolving global and regional problems”.<\/p>\n

He said India was “among the most honourable candidates” for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.
\nImage copyright Reuters <\/p>\n

Russia and India were close allies during the Cold War, but recently the relationship has become more complex.<\/p>\n

Talks have been held annually since 2000 and hosted alternately by Moscow and Delhi.<\/p>\n

Bilateral trade stands at $10bn (\u00a36.74bn) – and Russia is India’s second largest defence supplier.<\/p>\n

But earlier this year, India was reported to be displeased with Russia for selling attack helicopters to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Russia was unhappy with India for choosing French Rafale fighters and American Apache attack helicopters over Moscow’s defence products.<\/p>\n

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