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MOSCOW, June 6: A protocol was signed on Wednesday between Russia and India on beginning the joint construction of an Il-214 multi-role military cargo jet, Vice-Premier of the government of the Russian Federation Ilya Klebanov said on Wednesday. He heads the Russian part of the commission on military-technical cooperation with India.
According to Klebanov, "this is an outstanding achievement, and Russia has not cooperated on such a scale with any country." He avoided commenting on the value of the contract, but stressed, that the project envisages development, tests and production of the jet. The Vice-Premier opined that the Il-214 will be the most promising aircraft of the 21st century.
A decision on joint manufacture of a fifth-generation combat aircraft was also taken at a meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation. Commenting on the decisions taken at the meeting of the commission, Klebanov noted that all the projects of cooperation between Russia and India till the year 2010 were clearly set forth in the final protocol, and new projects in the sphere of armoured vehicles had appeared. As the Vice-Premier said, new contracts on deliveries of arms in the fields of the Navy and air defence to India will be concluded in the immediate future. In particular, Russia will submit to India a project of building a whole complex of air defence installations.
Moscow and New Delhi came to terms on starting license production of the Russian Su-30MKI assault aircraft in India and on deliveries and license production of new Russian submarines.
The Vice-Premier also confirmed that a package of contracts for sale to India of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier and of the relevant aviation, coastal and air-defence infrastructure will be signed before the end of this year.
An accord on holding the second meeting of the military-technical commission at the end of the year with a view to assessing the current implementation of the attained accords was reached, too.
MOSCOW, June 6: A protocol was signed on Wednesday between Russia and India on beginning the joint construction of an Il-214 multi-role military cargo jet, Vice-Premier of the government of the Russian Federation Ilya Klebanov said on Wednesday. He heads the Russian part of the commission on military-technical cooperation with India.
According to Klebanov, "this is an outstanding achievement, and Russia has not cooperated on such a scale with any country." He avoided commenting on the value of the contract, but stressed, that the project envisages development, tests and production of the jet. The Vice-Premier opined that the Il-214 will be the most promising aircraft of the 21st century.
A decision on joint manufacture of a fifth-generation combat aircraft was also taken at a meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation. Commenting on the decisions taken at the meeting of the commission, Klebanov noted that all the projects of cooperation between Russia and India till the year 2010 were clearly set forth in the final protocol, and new projects in the sphere of armoured vehicles had appeared. As the Vice-Premier said, new contracts on deliveries of arms in the fields of the Navy and air defence to India will be concluded in the immediate future. In particular, Russia will submit to India a project of building a whole complex of air defence installations.
Moscow and New Delhi came to terms on starting license production of the Russian Su-30MKI assault aircraft in India and on deliveries and license production of new Russian submarines.
The Vice-Premier also confirmed that a package of contracts for sale to India of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier and of the relevant aviation, coastal and air-defence infrastructure will be signed before the end of this year.
An accord on holding the second meeting of the military-technical commission at the end of the year with a view to assessing the current implementation of the attained accords was reached, too.
