INDIA-RUSSIA 2

INDIA-RUSSIA 2

At the IGC-MTC meeting, India and Russia reviewed the
status of various ongoing bilateral defence cooperation
projects, including joint design and development of a Fifth
General Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), Medium Transport Aircraft
(MTA), indigenous production of the Russian T-90S tanks at the
Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi near Chennai (India's southern
city), upgrading the Sukhoi fighter jets and joint development
of a hypersonic BrahMos-II cruise missile.

"Antony and Serdyukov expressed the hope that the
inter-governmental agreement in this regard would be signed
during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow in
December for the India-Russia Summit," Defence Ministry
officials said.

Antony, in his opening remarks at the meeting, said
the two countries have had an enduring strategic partnership
and defence ties and described Russia as a "time-tested and
dependable friend" of India.

He emphasised that India was determined to strengthen
the bond in all areas of bilateral relations and noted that
over the years defence relations with Russia had evolved from
"a simple buyer-seller relationship to a broadbased
partnership," where both countries were involved in joint
design, development and production of defence equipment. More
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