NEW DELHI: India and Russia concluded a comprehensive agreement on security and reviewed the implementation of the Agreement on Information Security signed in October 2016 during the just-concluded visit of Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Mr. Singh, who paid a three-day visit to Russia, met with his counterpart Nikolai Patrushev and signed deals on disaster management and narcotics smuggling.
“An updated and more comprehensive agreement on Cooperation on Security between Ministry of Home Affairs of India and the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation was signed by the two Ministers. This agreement provides a comprehensive approach for cooperation in security related issues, including Information Technology Crimes, Counterfeiting currency, Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Trafficking in Human Beings, Economic Crimes, Crimes related to Intellectual Property, Cultural Property amongst others,” said a press statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Moscow.
Both sides also agreed that EMERCOM of Russia and India would cooperate in the establishment of an Indian National Crisis Management Centre. Both sides also agreed on a plan of training of specialists and sharing best practices in the field of disaster management.
The two ministers signed a Joint Implementation Plan for the years 2018-19 for cooperation in disaster management, continuing with the bilateral cooperation on the front of disaster management. A Joint Action Plan was also signed between the Narcotics Control Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs of India and the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation for the period 2018-20 during the visit.
