National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval met with Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and discussed bilateral military-technical ties and the implementation of joint projects in strategic sectors. Both the leaders met on Friday.
The talks covered "topical issues of #RussiaIndia military-technical cooperation, as well as the implementation of joint projects in other strategic sectors, including civil aircraft manufacturing, metallurgy, and the chemical industry," the Russian Embassy in India wrote in an X post.
On Thursday, the NSA called on Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two nations, and further reaffirmed India’s commitment to continue cooperation on all fronts with Russia in spite of outside pressure.
Meanwhile, the sources informed that Doval extended an invitation to President Putin on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India later this year, which Putin has accepted with gratitude.
NSA is in Russia to hold crucial talks on bilateral energy and defence ties and to prepare the ground for President Putin's visit to India later this year. The visit comes in the backdrop of US President Donald Trump slapping an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods as a penalty for buying Russian oil, doubling it to 50 per cent.
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