India will sign nine agreements with Russia
MOSCOW: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured Russia that India would fulfill all its commitments on bilateral nuclear cooperation while according top priority to safety issues and concerns raised by people in Koondankulam.
Before embarking on a visit to Moscow that comes amid anti-nuclear protests at the site of the Russia-assisted project in Tamil Nadu, PM said his government takes people’s concerns “seriously” but the Indo-Russian atomic cooperation “would continue”.
During Singh’s three-day visit for the 12th annual Indo-Russian Summit, the two countries are expected to sign seven to nine agreements to expand cooperation in the fields of trade, defence and energy.
However, the contract for construction of two more reactors of Russian design at Koodankulam is unlikely to be signed even though negotiations are at an “advanced” stage.
(Source- Indian Express)
