Ajit Dowal in Moscow: NSA meets Russia’s first deputy PM; Discussions, joint projects. Bharat News
New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Dowal met Russia’s first Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to review bilateral military-technical cooperation and progress on joint projects in major strategic fields. According to the press service of the Russian government, the discussion on Friday, along with defense cooperation, covered the initiative in civil aviation, metallurology and chemical industry. Manturov, who oversee Russia’s defense industry and trade, preside over the Indo-Russia Joint Inter-Government Commission along with the Foreign Minister on business, economic and cultural cooperation along with Jayajankar.The day after the meeting, a day after a former Intelligence Bureau Director, Russian President Vladimir Putin came a day after being called to confirm New Delhi’s commitment to wide-based cooperation with Moscow. Sources said that Dowal invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India for Putin, an invitation that the Russian leader accepted.Also read Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India soon: NSA Ajit DovalThe NSA visit comes under the backdrop of US President Donald Trump, despite the Moscow war in Ukraine, in the decision to doubl tariffs on 25 percent to 50 percent of Indian goods for continuous purchase of India for continuous purchase of Russian oil of India. On Friday, PM Modi and Putin spoke by phone, reiterating their resolve to deepen special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries.
