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A joint statement released after the meeting said that
India and Russia will collaborate in up-gradation of Indian
Air Force's main strike fighter Su-30MKI, the older Mig-27 and
T-72M1 battle tanks.

It said that the two sides had also worked out the
production in India of Main Battle Tanks (MBT) T-90S with full
technology transfer.

In his closing statement at the 9th session of
IRIGC-MTC - the apex body for coordination of defence
cooperation, Antony announced that both sides have agreed to
extend their military interaction programme till 2020 and the
concrete projects would be identified shortly for signing
during Singh's Moscow visit in December.

"On many other issues, including the Admiral Gorshkov
project, we have agreed to continue discussions to find
mutually acceptable solutions," Antony said expressing
confidence that all the pending issues would be resolved at
the earliest.

New Delhi and Moscow have also agreed to ink an
inter-government pact on after sales and product support, so
far the weakest link in defence cooperation with Moscow.

"This agreement should also be signed during the
forthcoming summit," Antony said. (MORE) PTI VS
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