India, Russia to ink key pacts during Singh's Moscow visit

Vinay Shukla
Moscow, Dec 2 (PTI) India and Russia are expected to sign
a number of key agreements during Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's December 6-8 visit here, including those on
extension of the long-term defence cooperation programme
beyond 2010 and construction of four more nuclear reactors at
Kudankulam in south India.

Singh, who is visiting Moscow at the invitation of
President Dmitry Medvedev for the annual Indo-Russian summit,
is expected to discuss a range of issues during his meetings
here, including defence cooperation, global financial crisis,
situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and fight against
terrorism, diplomatic sources said.
During Singh-Medvedev talks at the Kremlin on Monday, the
two leaders would also focus on key bilateral issues, such as
continuation of civilian nuclear cooperation beyond Kudankulam
power plant and exploration of new vistas in the areas of
space and knowledge-based economic projects.
The two countries are likely to sign several bilateral
agreements after the Kremlin talks, such as pacts on the
extension of long-term defence cooperation programme beyond
2010 and construction of four more nuclear reactors at the
Kudankulam NPP, in addition to two 1000 VVER light water
reactors already being built by Russia, the sources said.
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