India and Russia have signed the much-awaited agreement on setting up two more units of a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu and decided to give a “new direction” to the defence cooperation between the two “great powers”.
The two countries also decided to hold the first tri-Services exercises, named ‘Indra-2017,’ this year and start joint manufacture of frigates, adding to the co-production of Kamov-226 military helicopters.
These decisions were taken at the wide-ranging talks on Thursday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here, which covered issues like terrorism and increasing trade and investment.
Mutual trust
Addressing the media jointly with Mr. Putin after the talks, Mr. Modi said the relations between the two nations had been unwavering, based on “mutual love, respect and strong trust.”
“From culture to security, our relations have been at par... We speak in one language,” he said. In a vision document, the two countries called for an end to cross-border movement of terrorists, and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without “double standards and selectivity” was required to combat the threat of cross-border terrorism.
