Vice Premier Sobyanin arrived on a working visit to India
Vice Prime Minister of Russia Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday evening, arrived on a working visit to New Delhi where he will prepare for the December Indo-Russia Summit and seek ways of boosting bilateral relations, told RIA Novosti in the delegation.
In accordance with the program, the official part of the visit Sobyanin, who recently headed the Russo-Indian intergovernmental commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation will begin on Monday.
Is expected at a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Little Krishna Sobyanin discuss the interaction between the two countries in the international arena, the joint struggle against terrorism and drug trafficking.
, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia will also be accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who in December will be in Moscow to attend the annual summit meeting, Russia, India.
On Tuesday Sobyanin to discuss economic cooperation with the Trade Minister Anand Sharma. Russia and India in October set an ambitious goal – by 2015 to increase bilateral trade to 20 billion dollars. It is assumed that in 2009 it will be about $ 7 billion.
In meetings with Indian colleagues in October Sobyanin noted that there are prospects for joint projects in the field of communications, insurance and banking, informatics, pharmacy, medicine and education.
On Tuesday the awards ceremony for Russian state awards to Indian culture and science, have contributed to the development of friendship between the two countries, the spread of Russian language and culture in India.
Sobyanin also visit the under construction in southern India with the assistance of the corporation Kudankulam nuclear power plant Russia Atomstroyexport’s “”. Now completed the first two sections, running the plant is scheduled for the first half of 2010.
Prepares contract construction of the third and fourth units. All of the various agreements provided for the construction of Kudankulam six reactors, as well as the construction of another nuclear power plant at Haripur village in the state of West Bengal.
After visiting the nuclear power plant Russia Deputy Prime Minister – The Minister will go to the center of the Indian high-tech industry – the city of Bangalore. There he will participate in a roundtable with the participation of some leading Indian companies in information and biotechnology. (#)
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