India’s prime minister arriving in Pakistan on brief visit

He, along with Putin, also addressed chief executives of Russian and Indian companies and invited Russia’s private sector to be a partner in India’s prosperity. “You see one can always feel sad and upset about lot of things that the Prime Minister or anybody is doing, but I think we should also feel happy for lot of things that are happening but unfortunately the Prime Minister has become target of anything that happens in this country”.

“Prime Minister Modi has once again proved his critics, who call him a Hindu hardliner, wrong by his unconventional style and by leading India’s foreign policy from the front”, said K.G. Suresh, a senior fellow at the New Delhi-based Vivekananda International Foundation, which was founded by Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser.

They could announce also the location of a new Russian nuclear plant in south India’s Andhra Pradesh, an extension of the Russian nuclear plant under construction in Kudankulam where one reactor is already in operation. However, experts said that the meeting with Sharif is consistent with Modi’s recent out-of-the-box diplomacy with Islamabad. The bloc ratified a resolution on starting its expansion procedures of granting India and Pakistan full membership of the organization at its summer summit in Ufa, capital of Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic.

“It’s not just about the final product, but about close technological cooperation”, Putin explained.

Senior AAP leader Ashutosh said it was BJP and PM Modi who were opposing talks with Pakistan under the pretext of terrorism.

In the first partnership in defence manufacturing, India and Russian Federation on Thursday signed agreement for a project for manufacture of Kamov 226 helicopters, reports said. “Russia is holding a leading position in many spheres such as space, information technologies and heavy industry”.

The Pakistan Air Force presented a guard of honour for Modi.

“Mutual investments now average around $11 billion and we want to increase them to $30-50 billion by 2025,”Jaishankar told reporters on Tuesday”.

Prior during the day PM laid wreath on the tomb on Unknown Soldier and held very positive discussions at the CEO forum while urging Russian investors to come and Make In India.

After the prime minister stepped onto the tarmac, a Russian official made a gesture with his hand which appeared Modi misinterpreted and started walking. “Our countries are for a political settlement of the conflict in Syria and promotion of national reconciliation in Afghanistan”, Putin said.

Russia will supply Indian oil refineries with 10 million tonnes of oil annually for 10 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.