Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Holds Talks With Russian Counterpart

Rajnath Singh described conference with Sergey Shoigu at the Russian Ministry of Defence as “outstanding”.

Moscow:

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday stated he had an “outstanding conference” with his Russian equivalent Gen. Sergey Shoigu throughout which he valued the “unfaltering assistance” supplied by Russia in reaction to the nation’s defence and security requirements.

Mr Singh, who showed up here on Wednesday on a three-day check out to go to a vital conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), pushed for accelerating supply of a variety of weapons systems, ammo and spares to India by Russia under agreements which were concluded previously.

Taking to Twitter, Mr Singh described his one-hour conference with Mr Shoigu at the Russian Ministry of Defence as “outstanding”.

” Excellent conference with the Russian Defence Minister General Sergey Shoigu in Moscow today. We spoke about a vast array of problems, especially how to deepen defence and tactical cooperation in between both the nations,” he stated in a tweet.

The conference was marked by the standard heat and relationship, attribute of the fortunate and unique collaboration in between India and Russia in which military technical cooperation and military-to-military cooperation make up an essential pillar, according to a declaration by the defence ministry.

Mr Shoigu communicated his warm gratitude to Mr Singh for his involvement in the 75th anniversary of Victory Day Parade at Red Square on June 24 and his involvement in the joint conference of the SCO, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) nations. His conference with Mr Singh was the very first conference he was having with checking out Defence Ministers.

In a series of tweets, the Defence Ministry Spokesperson stated the conference covered a broad variety of locations of cooperation in between the 2 nations.

It was kept in mind that Thrusday’s conference accompanies the Indra Naval Exercises to be carried out by the Indian and Russia navies off the Straits of Malacca over the next 2 days.

Mr Singh kept in mind that these workouts showed the typical interests of both the nations in maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.

There was significant commonness in positions with regard to difficulties at the worldwide and local levels in the locations of peace and security.

The minister “conveyed gratitude for the unfaltering assistance supplied by Russia constant with the defence and security requirements of India, and in this context, especially kept in mind the prompt way in which the Russian had actually reacted to ask for procurement of specific weapon systems,” it stated, including that both sides would continue to preserve contacts to guarantee the prompt shipment.

” Singh likewise informed Shoigu on the “Make-in-India” defence program in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Aatma Nirbhar Bharat vision,” the ministry stated in another tweet.

” Both sides invited the advance phase of conversations for the facility in India of an India-Russian Joint Venture for the production of AK203 attack rifles which are thought about among the most modern-day weapons readily available for infantry forces.

” General Shoigu repeated dedication of the Russian side to engage actively with our MOD (Ministry of Defence) to guarantee the success of “Make-in-India” program consisting of significant involvement in the upcoming Aero India Exhibition to be kept in February next year,” the ministry stated in different tweets.

Mr Singh likewise extended an invite for Mr Shoigu to check out India for the next conference of the Inter-Governmental Commission for Technical and Military Cooperation which is anticipated to be held towards completion of this year, it stated.

Earlier, authorities stated that Mr Singh is likewise most likely to ask for the Russian side to guarantee the prompt shipment of the S-400 rocket defence systems to India. The shipment of the very first batch of S-400 surface-to-air rocket systems to India is set up by the end of 2021.

It is Mr Singh’s 2nd check out to Moscow given that June. He had actually represented India at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on June 24 that celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

Mr Singh will likewise go to a conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation here on Friday which will be gone to by the defence ministers of the 8 member countries.

They are anticipated to ponder on local security difficulties like terrorism and extremism and methods to handle them jointly.
The conference is happening under the shadow of an intense border row in between India and China, both members of the prominent bloc.

The SCO consists of 8 member states– India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Chinese Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe and Pakistan’s Pervez Khattak are anticipated to go to the SCO conference.

The SCO, viewed as a counterweight to NATO, has actually become among the biggest transregional worldwide organisations which represents practically 44 percent of the world population extending from the Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea.

The goal of the SCO is to preserve peace, stability and security of the area. India ended up being a member of the SCO in 2017.

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