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Russia Hails Defence Cooperation With India

Russian newly appointed Vice Premier, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee during their meeting in Moscow, 15 November 2005. AFP photo by Yuri Kadobnov.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 15, 2005
Russia hopes to follow up recent joint military exercises in India with further joint exercises on Russian territory, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov told his Indian counterpart Tuesday.

"I sincerely hope that these exercises will be continued now on Russian territory," Ivanov said at a meeting with Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Moscow.

For his part, Mukherjee praised recent cooperation on defence shipments to India, saying that Russia remained India's number one source of arms.

Russian arms sales to India had totalled nearly nine billion dollarsbillion euros), Mukherjee said, without specifying the period he had in mind.

Russia held the first joint anti-terror war games with India in the western desert state of Rajasthan last month, during which the two ministers escaped injury after a heavy mortar landed several metres from their platform.

Ivanov said on that occasion that the two countries planned to collaborate on building advanced fighter jets, warships and submarines, and to conclude a deal on military intellectual property rights by the end of the year, press reports said.

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