India's Defense Minister meets Russia's ministers of Industry &Trade and Defense

The Indian Defence Minister is on a three-day visit to Russia to attend the VII Moscow Conference on International Security from April 3 to 5 April 2018.

The meetings took place on Tuesday.

Sitharaman and Denis Manturov reviewed ongoing military technical cooperation projects between the two countries, including measures to promote India-Russia joint industrial activities under the ‘Make in India’ programme with respect to defense production, especially for after-sales support, the release said.

They also discussed participation of Russian in DefExpo India 2018 to be held in Chennai from April 11 to 14, 2018.

Later on Tuesday, Sitharaman met Russian Defence Minister General Sergey Shoygu and discussed issues of bilateral importance, especially Military-to-Military Cooperation and other regional issues in a delegation level talks, according to the release

These included a review of the roadmap of military cooperation involving exercises, training, exchange of visits, and India’s participation in International Army Games to be held in Russia later this year.

In the evening Sitharaman attended a concert by Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan to mark the closing of the year-long celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of India-Russia diplomatic relations.

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