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    22nd India-Russia Annual Summit concluded

    Posted 10 Jul 2024

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    The Prime Minister of India co-chaired the Annual Summit with the President of Russia in Moscow.

    • Joint statement was released after the summit.

    Major Outcomes

    • Trade and Economic partnership:
      • Set the bilateral trade target of USD 100 billion by 2030.
      • Promote bilateral settlement system using national currencies. 
      • Expanding energy cooperation across nuclear, oil, and petrochemical sectors, including infrastructure and technology.
    • Transport and Connectivity: Increase of cargo turnover with India by implementing projects like  North-South International Transport Corridor, the Northern Sea Route and the Chennai-Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor.
    • Comprehensive reform of the UNSC: To reflect contemporary global realities and to make it more representative, effective and efficient. 
    • Counter Terrorism: Demanded for expeditious finalization and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the UN framework.
      • Also implementation of the UNGA and the UNSC resolutions on countering terrorism and violent extremism, conducive to terrorism.
    • On Ukraine: Peaceful resolution of the conflict around Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy including engagement between both parties.
    • Military cooperation: agreed to encourage joint manufacturing in India of spare parts, components, aggregates and other products for maintenance of Russian origin arms and defence equipment under Make-in-India program.

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