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