
- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R)
In Moscow on Monday:
The two leaders, Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister and the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev have signed an agreement to co-operate in the peaceful use of nuclear technology. A permission of an addition in atomic fuel exports from Russia’s state-owned Rusatom to India was agreed by the two leaders.
By not giving further details Sergei Kiriyenko, Rosatom’s CEO, said that several new nuclear power reactors would also build by his company in India.During his two-day trip to Moscow, Singh is expected to sign on one of the deals that are the nuclear energy agreement.
India is one of the biggest buyers of Russian weapons
Singh is expected to order billions of dollars worth of missiles, fighter planes, and helicopters. To provide Russian aircraft with BrahMos missiles, India had recently secured the production licenses for T-90 tanks and contracts. Equivalent to the US Raptor stealth fighter, the countries are building a modern supersonic fighter. But the agitation has arrived for the Indian Navy over the cost of cleaning-up the Soviet-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
