The
strategic cooperation between India
and Russia
will upturn many sectors with a major thrust on the defence. As much as twenty pacts of different
magnitude in the sectors of oil, gas, defence and investment were inked and
mutually exchanged between the top officials of both the countries in the
presence of Modi and Putin recently.
From their smiling exchanges, it was evident that both the countries are
determined to escalate their friendship to a new height and new scales. As per the talks, Russia
will build at least twelve nuclear reactors in India by 2035. There is also an agreement to manufacture
advanced helicopters to augment the modernism of the defence sector. This new
strategic cooperation is outlined as a twenty first century vision of nuclear energy
cooperation. Modi in his speech
recognized Russia ’s
strength in defence and has categorically termed them as our strength. Over the many years, India has stabilized its friendship with Russia and the
said friendship will now augment the modernization of defence and nuclear fields. Modi has impressed upon Putin to consider the
vast resources of intellectual manpower prevailing in India , low cost of various resources and India ’s tenacity to learn fast and all these
plus factors will definitely a booming point for Russia
to make India
as a base to start manufacturing advanced and high technology oriented defence
and nuclear equipment. Modi has
expressed his gratification and he is very jubilant that Russia has agreed to start manufacturing
advanced helicopters in India .
They have also principally agreed that these manufactured products on the
combined efforts of India
and Russia
will be marketed in the world market.
These are the products meant for both civilian and military use. Modi had a beaming meeting and exchanged
pleasantries with Putin, which lasted for more than three hours. The nuclear reactors,
which are going to be manufactured in India will be of very high standard
and will follow the stringent safety norms and regulations.
As
per the latest information, Russian companies are looking for a base in Gujarat where they want to set up units to manufacture
defence equipment. The Russian
government controlled company Rostec & AK 47 famous gun maker Kalashnikov
are scheduled to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in January,
2015. The key holding companies of Rostec, which consist of the
United Industrial Defense Corporation, Russian Electronics and Machine
Engineering Technologies are the world renowned and giant companies in the
manufacturing of multiple artillery rocket systems, advanced aviation bombing
weapons and other defence products. The
strategic tie-up between Indian companies with these giants will open a floodgate
to start manufacturing many other auxiliary defence components, which will be
acted as an ancillary to the main units.
Putin
is very interested to enhance India ’s
image and has shown his personal interest in the “Make in India Campaign.” For the past couple of months, both the
countries have initiated a lot to make a big leap in the sector of defence by
manufacturing various defence related equipment. Modi has called Russia
as India ’s
biggest defence partner.
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To
support all these activities, a delegation of Gujarat government recently
visited Moscow
to organize a road show inviting all the leading companies to attend the
same. A few and very reputed companies
are very keen to start manufacturing, defence equipment in India on an immediate basis to fructify
this movement of defence and nuclear cooperation.
One
thing is very sure that for these developments, Modi has to face the murmurings
of the USA as they will not be definitely liking India’s proximity to Russia
and more so for the nuclear cooperation. The nuclear field is a very sensitive
issue and requires a lot of secrecy and treaty to be discussed and maintained.
Once India will be moving with a great force to augment the growth of this
sector with Russia, the Americans will not tolerate the supremacy of the
combined power of India and Russia. If Modi is able to manage the politics of the domestic front and capable to control the
inflation, in simpler terms, the price rise of the basic commodities and
necessities, which is one of the main perils of the common people, then he can
blissfully concentrate on the international politics and will be able to
counter the threat of Americans, if any.
As
of now, Modi looks to be positive and firm to increase the cooperation of India
and Russia in these sectors of defence and nuclear, to start with.
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