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Medvedev congratulates Pratibha on Sukhoi feat

MOSCOW: Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev “cordially” congratulated President Pratibha Patil on her successful flight in the Su-30 supersonic fighter jet, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.

“The Russian Head of State, who flew in the Su-34 frontline bomber some time ago and who is well familiar with gravitational pressure involved in the process, expressed his sincere admiration at, without exaggeration, the heroic feat of Ms. Patil,” said a statement posted on the Kremlin website.

Mr. Medvedev emphasised that Ms. Patil’s flight in a plane manufactured in India under Russian license was another vivid symbol of the evolving friendly relations between Russia and India that convincingly demonstrated a wide-ranging potential for long-term defence cooperation between the two countries.

The two Heads of State expressed satisfaction with the ongoing deepening of multi-faceted interaction between Russia and India and conveyed good wishes to the people of their countries, the Kremlin statement said.

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