Moscow: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left
here for home on Saturday after concluding a three-day visit during
which he attended the 12th annual Indo-Russian summit and
witnessed inking of five agreements, including one for
technical assistance in joint production of 42 more frontline
Sukhoi-MKI 30 jets.
Singh, who held talks with President Dmitry Medvedev,
cleared the uncertainty over the Kudankulam nuclear power
project yesterday and said the first unit of the protest-hit
plant will be operationalised in a "couple of weeks" but India
and Russia did not sign any agreement on construction of the
third and fourth units.
The two countries signed a crucial agreement for
technical assistance in joint production of 42 more frontline
Sukhoi-MKI 30 jets, which was among the five pacts initialled
in the presence of Singh and Medvedev besides a joint
statement on Indo-Russian strategic partnership.
Russia also backed India's bid for a permanent seat in an
expanded UN Security Council as well as its aspirations to
join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), while Singh
welcomed Moscow's entry to the WTO.
Singh congratulated his counterpart Vladimir Putin on the
victory of his ruling United Russia party in the December 4
parliamentary polls, during their meeting.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 13:17