Noting that India and Russia were celebrating the 70th anniversary of their relations, PM Narendra Modi said there has been no impact on the ties in all these decades.
India and Russia signed the much-awaited agreement on setting up of two more units of a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu and decided to give a "new direction" to the defence cooperation between the two "great powers". The two countries also decided to hold the first tri- Services exercises, named 'Indra-2017', this year and start joint manufacturing of frigates, adding on to the co- production of Kamov-226 military helicopters.
These decisions were taken at the wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here which covered issues like terrorism and increasing trade and investment.
Addressing the media jointly with Putin after the talks, Modi said the relations between India and Russia have been unwavering, based on "mutual love, respect and strong trust".
"From culture to security, our relations have been at par... We speak in one language," he added. He said the two leaders had decided to speed up the bilateral cooperation in all fields, for which an 'Action Plan' has been devised.
Noting that India and Russia were celebrating the 70th anniversary of their relations, Modi said there has been no impact on the ties in all these decades. Putin described the talks as substantative and said the India-Russia "partnership is developing into strategic and priveleged one."
A Joint Declaration issued after the talks said that "the Indian-Russian special and privileged strategic partnership is a unique relationship of mutual trust between two great powers." It said the relationship covers all areas of cooperation, including in the spheres of political relations, security, trade and economy, military and technical field, energy, scientific, cultural and humanitarian exchanges, and foreign policy.
India and Russia on Thursday signed five bilateral agreements during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia.
The list of agreements is as follows:
1) A two-year-long agreement (2017-2019) on cultural exchanges between the two nations. This was signed by India’s Ambassador to Russia Pankaj Saran and Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinskyii
2) A general framework agreement for the construction of the third stage of the Kudankulam NPP (KK5 & KK6) along with the Credit Protocol. This was signed by Satish Kumar Sharma, Chairman NPCIL and Alexei Likhachev, CEO ROSATOM
3) An agreement between the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and the Council of India on Scientific and Industrial Research on granting access to Rospatent experts to the Indian Digital Library of Traditional Knowledge (TKDL). This was signed by Ambassador Pankaj Saran and Grigory Ivliev Head of ROSPATENT
4) Contract between JSC (Russian Railways) and the Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India on the preparation of the justification for the implementation of the high-speed service at the Nagpur-Secunderabad section. This was signed by Ambassador Pankaj Saran and Oleg Beloserov, President of Russian Railways
5) Memorandum of cooperation between ALROSA Joint Stock Company and the Council for the Promotion of the Export of Precious Stones and Jewellery of India. This was signed by Praveen Shankar Pandya, Chairman, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and Sergei Ivanov, President ALROSA
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