New Delhi/Moscow
India and Russia have reviewed ongoing military technical cooperation projects , including measures to promote joint industrial activities under the ‘Make in India’ programme with respect to defence production.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on a three-day visit to Russia to attend VII Moscow Conference on International Security from April 3-5, met Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in Moscow on Tuesday.
They also discussed participation of Russia in DefExpo India -2018 to be held in Chennai from April 11 to 14 2018.
Also, Ms Sitharaman met Russian Defence Minister General Sergey Shoygu and discussed issues of bilateral importance, especially Military-to-Military Cooperation and other regional issues in a delegation level talk, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.