Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) A senior defence official here has justified China’s sale of warships and submarines to Pakistan on the ground that India was buying similar systems from Russia and the US.
He indicated that China was conscious India might be worried about the sales.
‘The initiative may invite concerns from its neighbouring countries. But [...]
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow, Russian ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin Monday said the final price for the refurbishment of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov has been finalised.
‘Talks were successful. Talks have concluded,’ the Russian envoy said when asked about the final price at which Russia has [...]
New Delhi, Dec.14 (ANI): It’s official now. After India, Russia has also confirmed that problems relating to the price of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov has been sorted out, and it will be delivered to India in a good shape.
Talking to reporters here, new [...]
Moscow/New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Russia will sign Monday an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear cooperation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, a deal that will take their pact ‘far beyond the 123 agreement’ inked with the US, a top official said Sunday as Prime Minister Manmohan [...]
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Russia have arrived at a ’satisfactory price’ for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and the revised deal on it will be signed soon, a top official said here Sunday.
The official’s comments come even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow on a three-day official visit during which [...]
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The first four Russian-made Mig-29K fighters to be deployed on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Admiral Gorshkov, when it is inducted into the Indian Navy have been received in a knocked-down condition and will now be assembled in this country, an official said Saturday.
The jets arrived in the [...]
New Delhi, Dec. 3 (ANI): India and Russia are likely to sign an atomic energy agreement along the lines of the 123 agreement that has been inked by India and the United States during the three-day visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Moscow from December 6.
According [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Indian Navy chief, Admiral Nirmal Verma, Wednesday said negotiations on the price of Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov are in the ‘final stages’. He refused to fix a deadline for the deal.
‘We are on the final stages of negotiations. Fourth round of negotiations have completed,’ Verma told reporters.
But on the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The revised deal for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov that the Indian Navy has purchased is unlikely to be clinched during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Moscow visit next month, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Friday.
‘No, it is not,’ Antony told IANS when asked if the revised deal for the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian Navy has floated a Request for Information (RFI) for a newer generation of aircraft which can operate from the two indigenous aircraft carriers it will commission over the next 10 years.
The Ministry of Defence and industry sources indicate that the RFI, issued recently, is of a ‘generic’ nature, [...]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian Navy’s lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat will complete 50 years in service Wednesday, a defence official said Monday.
‘The navy chief (Admiral Nirmal Verma) will be going to Mumbai tomorrow (Tuesday) and he will also be on board the vessel, on the day she turns 50,’ said a senior [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna heads to Russia Tuesday on a three-day visit that will see the two sides take steps to boost economic ties and try to iron out differences over issues like the pricing of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
He will proceed to the gas-rich Central Asian republic of [...]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India and Russia have failed to reach agreement on the revised cost of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov that the Indian Navy has purchased and negotiations on this are to continue, it was announced Thursday.
The issue was expected to have been resolved during Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s two-day visit to [...]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): India and Russia are likely to sign two major agreements to boost defence cooperation between the two countries during Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow later this year.
Decks for the signing of the two agreements were cleared [...]
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The roadblocks in finalising the price tag for the refurbishment of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov are likely to be discussed during Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s three-day visit to Russia next week.
Antony, who leaves for Russia Oct 13, will be attending the ninth meeting of the India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission [...]
