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Medvedev’s India visit as scheduled

MOSCOW: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai will not cause any change in Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s plans to visit India next week.

“There are no plans to postpone the President’s visit scheduled for early December, unless the Indian side makes other proposals,” said Kremlin spokeswoman Natalia Timakova, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Mr. Medvedev is likely to be the first world leader to visit India after the Mumbai attacks. He is scheduled to start his maiden visit to New Delhi on December 5.

Mr. Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have both sent messages to the Indian leaders condemning the “horrendous” terror strikes and voicing strong support for measures taken by India to end the attacks.

Meanwhile, a Russian daily reported the terrorists who attacked the Taj hotel released Russian nationals after seeing their passports. Nine employees of the Russian arms exporting company Rosoboronexport safely left the Taj after the attackers checked their identity papers.

“The terrorists let go the Russians after seeing their passports,” the Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported. The Russian Foreign Ministry said no Russian nationals had suffered in the attacks.

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