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FEBRUARY 04, 2010 - Pune: German President Horst Kohler along with wife Eva Luise visiting the Volkswagen Plant in Pune on Thursday. PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar

FEBRUARY 04, 2010 - Pune: German President Horst Kohler along with wife Eva Luise visiting the Volkswagen Plant in Pune on Thursday. PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar

Additional agreement to modernise Gorshkov carrier soon:Russia

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Russia has said an additional agreement to modernise aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be signed soon with India as all uncertainties on the issue
have been cleared.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, who wrapped up his two-day visit to India, said Tuesday that his country was interested in enhancing its strategic
partnership with India.
"Both sides reaffirmed their interest in enhancing our strategic partnership," he told reporters.
He said the two sides do not have any major "unresolved problems" and the "dialogue is progressing in a
constructive way."
On military cooperation between the two countries, he said, "There are no outstanding issues in the Russian-Indian relationship...an additional agreement to modernise aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be signed as soon as possible because all uncertainties on this matter have been cleared."
Patrushev said his agenda included discussion on some topical issues such as regional and international security, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan in context of combating international terrorism and drug trafficking.
"Russia and India have a united stance on Afghanistan," he said replying to a question on the outcome of the London Conference.
The talks, according to Patrushev, also reviewed the situation in Iran and its neighbouring region, and the situation in Iraq. "Both sides expressed satisfaction over the
development of our cooperation," he added. PTI