National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval today held a meeting with senior Russian officials to discuss India-Russia defence and security cooperation. The visit comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has announced that he will increases tariffs on Indian goods to the 25 per cent because of New Delhi’s oil purchases from Russia.
The visit is part of an earlier planned schedule and will focus on cooperation between India and Russia. NSA is also likely to hold talks on defence industry cooperation.
India has a longstanding and wide-ranging cooperation with Russia in the field of defence, which is guided by the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MMTC) headed by the Defence Ministers of both countries.
As time-tested partners, both countries have been involved in several bilateral projects, including the supply of S-400, licensed production of T-90 tanks and Su-30 MKI, supply of MiG-29 and Kamov helicopters, INS Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov), production of AK-203 rifles in India and BrahMos missiles.
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