Russian PM Putin to meet Manmohan Singh today

Mangalore Today News

New Delhi, March 12: Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin is in Delhi for a 24-hour working visit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  

 

 

At least 10 agreements, including those in the areas of defence, nuclear power engineering, trade and military-technical interaction, will be signed during the visit.
The agreements include an umbrella civil nuclear pact that was initiated when the Prime Minister went to Moscow in December 2009. 

Manmohan Singh is likely to press for access to Russian nuclear reprocessing technology. The first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will be launched this year with Russian help.

India and the US are close to finalizing a pact on reprocessing. 

Accompanying Putin are  Russian vice-prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Sergei Sobyanin, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina.

courtesy- Ndtv