Russia, India Rekindle Trade Ties

[bin.dare]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/12/06/042.html

"NEW DELHI -- President Vladimir Putin wrapped up a three-day trip to India on Sunday having signed several deals designed to boost bilateral trade and instill new momentum in Russia's long-standing relationship with the world's second-most populous country.

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Putin backed a bigger role for India at the UN Security Council.
"India is our No. 1 candidate in terms of enlarging the geographical representation of the Security Council," Putin said when asked about New Delhi's long-standing desire for a permanent seat on the UN body.

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The accord will help Russia and India venture into joint production of military hardware for other countries, including the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.

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Other deals signed Friday included joint exploration and distribution of natural gas by state-run companies, cooperation in banking to facilitate faster settlement of bilateral business transactions, easier visa rules and India's inclusion in the Russian-promoted Global Navigational Satellite System, or GLONASS. The two sides also signed agreements that focused on academic research and cultural and economic exchanges between India's financial hub, Mumbai, and Putin's hometown, St. Petersburg."

These are interesting developments. It also seems that Putin and Singh discussed holding a three-way summit with China aimed at countering the dominance of the United States in international affairs. Hmmmm

[Wright Patman]

1. A three-way with China

Pretty kinky, if you ask me. This is bound to piss off the fundies.

[Randi_Listener]

2. That fucking BrahMos missiles

Could leave many flat-decked ships at the bottom of the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.

[Massacure]

3. Russia, China India, isn't that like 1/3 of the world's population?

Ya, that will overthrow the United States.

China has more military manpower available than the entire U.S. population. That and their $6.5 trillion dollar GDP that is growing at insane rates. That will be $10 trillion by 2010 if they continue 9% growth. That doesn't even include India or Russia.

[KlatooBNikto]

4. Putin is actually trying to put together a coalition of Russia, China,

India and Brazil.That would be close to 50% of the world's population and enormous amount of raw materials,brain power and industrial capacity. A formidable coalition indeed.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1042818