Modi walks during national anthem, Russian official nudges him back

It is expected that both countries will seal a number of defence deals as well.

The meeting took place hours after Modi arrived in Moscow to a red carpet welcome.

India is expected to allot a second site for a nuclear power plant in Andhra Pradesh. The new plants will be in sync with broad principles of “Make in India” initiative and a decision in this regard is likely to be finalised today.

During the two-day summit, Mr Modi will exchange views with the Russian President, on a number of urgent bilateral, regional and global issues, including problems in the neighbourhood of India, as well as Syria and Ukraine.

“President Putin gifted me a page from Gandhi ji’s diary containing Bapu’s handwritten notes”, Prime Minister Modi tweeted along with the photograph.

Russian Federation and India have shared close ties since the Cold War, when Moscow was a key ally and the main arms supplier to New Delhi.

The NCMC is a multi-level coordination centre created to provide inter-agency coordination and alert the people about the threat of emergency situations.

“My visit will deepen the cooperation between India and Russian Federation in the economic, energy and security spheres”. “As two countries possessing advanced nuclear technology, we are interested in taking forward this cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy”, the Indian prime minister concluded. Russian Federation is one of the world’s top sources for hydrocarbon resources and India is one of the world’s largest importers.

He also stated there would be extensive deliberations with President Putin. While Abhinandan will portray the assimilation of India’s performing arts traditions by Russian artistes, Abhivyakti will be an attempt to articulate and convey an authentic image of Indian traditions, history and culture by Russian artistes.

“Such a visit for us to a country, the contacts with which have been time-tested and that is an old friend, is of course important”, Ashok Sajjanhar, India’s former ambassador to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia, told TASS recently.

“I am very optimistic about the outcome of this visit”.