Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal Meets Russian Industry Minister, Discusses Collaboration On Shipbuilding .
At the sidelines of the 21st India-Russia summit in New Delhi, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal met Russia’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Oleg Ryazantsev, to discuss newer areas of collaboration between the two nations.
Taking to Twitter, Sonowal shared pictures from the meeting and said that India and Russia had discussed cooperation in civilian shipbuilding and inland waterways. Talks on the training of Indian seafarers for operations in the Arctic region was also held up during the meeting. Sonowal hoped that the newer areas of cooperation could further bilateral ties between India and Russia.
“Discussed Russian participation in civilian shipbuilding & inland waterways and also the interest of Indian companies in the Russian Far East in energy, transportation & logistic sectors. Also talked about training of Indian Seafarers for operations in the Arctic region, (sic)” Sonowal tweeted.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held the 21st India-Russia annual summit at the Hyderabad house on Monday .
Earlier in the day the two countries held their first 2+2 ministerial dialogue .
The two countries on Monday signed an agreement for the procurement of 6,01,427 assault rifles AK-203 through Indo-Russian rifles pvt ltd , under the military -technical cooperation arrangement for 2021-31 .
