Moscow, Nov 05: Russia and India plan to sign the contract for India's purchase of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov within weeks, a news agency reported Russian defence officials as saying today. "All technical and financial issues on the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier have been settled and the contract will be signed by December," the news agency quoted an unnamed official at the Russian defence industry as saying.
"The details of the deal will be clarified during the Moscow visit of an Indian delegation headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee," the official said.
Vajpayee is to make an official three-day visit to Moscow starting November 11, Indian diplomatic sources in the Russian capital said Monday.
The defence ministry official said the deal would be worth 1.5 billion dollars.
Vajpayee, who will be making his second visit to Russia this year, will be accompanied by a delegation of Indian businessmen. Bureau Report