We laud Putin s role in strengthening ties: President
Friday - October 5, 2018 10:22 pm ,
Category : INDIA
We laud Putin s role in strengthening ties: President
New Delhi Oct 5 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that India appreciated Russian President Vladimi Putins personal contribution to the bilateral "special and privileged strategic partnership". Putin who was on a two-day visit to India staring Thursday called on Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Welcoming the Russian President Kovind said India-Russia "warm and friendly ties" were progressing well. "Our 19th annual bilateral summit was a success. This has been a very productive year for our relations and significant achievements have been made " the President said.
He said that there have been significant developments on military technical cooperation which is one of the pillars of our strategic partnership. India inked the much-awaited deal on buying the Russian S-400 Triumf missile system. The President said that India is keen to enhance its economic ties with Russia.
"The bilateral trade now stands at US $ 10 billion. We need to further improve upon it to reach the target of US $ 30 billion by 2025 " he said. Kovind observed that India and Russia have always had excellent cultural relations and noted that the Festival of India has been organised in Russia after a gap of 30 years. It was inaugurated at the Kremlin Palace and will continue till March 2019 in various cities of Russia.
--IANS mak/prs
Welcoming the Russian President Kovind said India-Russia "warm and friendly ties" were progressing well. "Our 19th annual bilateral summit was a success. This has been a very productive year for our relations and significant achievements have been made " the President said.
He said that there have been significant developments on military technical cooperation which is one of the pillars of our strategic partnership. India inked the much-awaited deal on buying the Russian S-400 Triumf missile system. The President said that India is keen to enhance its economic ties with Russia.
"The bilateral trade now stands at US $ 10 billion. We need to further improve upon it to reach the target of US $ 30 billion by 2025 " he said. Kovind observed that India and Russia have always had excellent cultural relations and noted that the Festival of India has been organised in Russia after a gap of 30 years. It was inaugurated at the Kremlin Palace and will continue till March 2019 in various cities of Russia.
--IANS mak/prs
