>STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > >http://www.bahraintribune.com/world.asp?Art_No=5025 > >Wednesday, June 28, 2000 >Bahrain Tribune >8:23:29 AM > > India, Russia to sign protocol on defence > >Moscow: India and Russia will sign a protocol to >bolster defence co-operation during Defence Minister >George Fernandes�s current official visit here. >The protocol will be signed by Defence Secretary TR >Prasad and Russia�s First Deputy Defence Minister >Nikolai Mikhailov. >Fernandes, heading a high-level delegation, including >Prasad, additional defence secretary in charge of >defence production Dhirendra Singh and senior army, >navy and air force officers, arrived here yesterday on >a three-day visit. The delegation was received at the >airport by Mikhailov and other senior defence ministry >officials. >One of the main objectives of Fernandes�s visit is to >�exchange views between the two sides in the areas of >defence co-operation and security concern�, the Indian >Embassy said in a statement. >Fernandes has a busy schedule in Moscow. He will meet >with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Khlebanov, who >looks after his country�s military -industrial >complex, before holding talks with his Russian >counterpart, Marshal Igor Sergeyev to discuss >bilateral defence cooperation and security related >issues. >Defence Secretary Prasad and Mikhailov, who are >co-chairmen of the Indo-Russian joint working group on >defence cooperation, held a separate round of talks. >Fernandes is expected to call on President Vladimir >Putin before visiting the Zhukovsky military airfield >to witness demonstration flight of the multi-role >Sukhoi-30MKI, a modernised version of the aircraft, >specially tailored for the Indian Air Force (IAF). >The Indian side is believed to have expressed concern >over certain defects in these aircraft, some of which >have already been delivered to the IAF, and over the >delay in the transfer of technology for the joint >production of the aircraft in India. >Another deal, which is running much behind the >schedule and has evoked criticism in India, is the >programme for modernisation of 125 MiG-21Bis aircraft >for the IAF. Both the issues are likely to figure >during Fernandes�s talks here. >According to sources close to the Russian Defence >Ministry, the deal for the purchase of 310 T-90 tanks, >which has undergone all the tests successfully in >India and has been under discussion for a long time, >is expected to be finalised during the visit. � IANS > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >GET PAINLESS BUSINESS FINANCING! >Comparison shop for, apply for, and secure financing from the >nation's best-known financial institutions. One short application >gets you the financing your business needs. Get the financing you >need today at LiveCapital.com! > >http://www.bcentral.com/fcsponsor/livecapital __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
