PM Modi, President Putin address CEO forum in Moscow (Part – 2)

In a statement, Reliance Defense said that “the two sides identified the air defense missile systems… radars and automated control systems as areas of partnership”.

A source close to Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms exporter, had said earlier India would produce 140 of the choppers and Russia the remaining 60.

Putin assured Modi of Moscow’s continuous help to build more nuclear power plants in India. Mr Modi said Russian Federation had agreed to build a total of 12 over an unspecified timeframe. “The agreement today will increase Indian manufacturing contents in these reactors”. It will be the first large-scale project of the government’s “Make in India” initiative to encourage local and foreign companies to manufacture in India. The page contains Gandhiji’s handwritten notes.

Among the other agreements signed were those related to railways, solar energy, heavy engineering and hydrocarbons.

Former information and broadcasting minister Manish Tiwari said on Twitter, “Spending so much time overseas seems to have made PM forget what the Indian National Anthem sounds like”.

However no progress was announced on an anticipated purchase of S-400 missiles, Russia’s top-of-the-line anti-aircraft defence systems.

Summing up his talks with Putin, he said, “we have laid the foundation of the future character of this strategic partnership”.

India and Russian Federation plan to boost their trade from around $10 billion to $30 billion annually over the next decade.

We are encouraging our private sectors to connect each other more.

As per convention, one should stand in attention when the national anthem is played.

Modi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday but the visit officially kicks off Thursday afternoon and includes talks with Putin, a meeting with Russian business leaders and an address at an embassy event celebrating cultural ties.

“India is one of the oldest civilisations in the world, which believes that the world is one family; and, that humanity is an integral part of Nature, not superior or distinct from it”, he told Russian news agency Itar-Taas. “And, there is genuine goodwill and mutual respect between our people”.

“I am very optimistic about the outcome of this visit”. “It has deepened my conviction that this relationship truly meets the test of a special and privileged strategic partnership”. He described the work being done by the Centre as a “great service to humanity”.

“It is important Russian Federation and India make similar approaches to key worldwide problems.

I am certain that this visit will substantially take forward the already strong people to people ties between our nations”, Modi added.