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New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India on December 4–5 will focus on strengthening trade, economic cooperation and signing a wide-ranging package of bilateral agreements, a senior Kremlin aide has said. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that 10 intergovernmental documents and more than 15 commercial and non-commercial agreements are expected to be finalised during the visit.
Ushakov said the two leaders will hold detailed discussions on “key aspects of trade and economic cooperation,” aimed at boosting bilateral trade and diversifying areas of engagement. The visit will see agreements in multiple sectors — employment, migration, health, food safety, space, and transport.
During talks in New Delhi, India and Russia will approve a programme of cultural exchanges valid until 2030. Moscow is also expected to formally join the International Big Cat Alliance, an India-led initiative dedicated to the conservation of tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, pumas and snow leopards.
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev will sign two major agreements — • temporary employment of citizens in each other’s countries, and • cooperation to combat illegal migration.
A joint action plan on countering the drug threat will also be signed between the two interior ministries.
Health ministers of both countries will formalize cooperation in medical education and science. Rospotrebnadzor and India’s FSSAI will sign an MoU covering food safety standards.
In the transport sector, Russian Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin will ink an agreement with India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways on training crews for ships operating in polar waters.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov will sign an MoU with India’s Department of Space on the production of liquid-fuel rocket engines. Rosatom will participate in talks on expanding collaboration in the nuclear energy sector.
A heavyweight delegation will accompany Putin, including:
Seven ministers:
Also joining are Central Bank Chairwoman Elvira Nabiullina and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko.
Other senior officials include heads of the Federal Customs Service, Rosfinmonitoring, Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, and CEOs of Roscosmos, Rosatom, and VEB.RF.
From the Russian business community, top executives from Rosneft, Sberbank, VTB Bank, Rusal, Basic Element, Roskhim, Transmashholding, and the Russian Association of Fertilizer Producers will be present.
A significant development is the inclusion of the Rosneft CEO, despite the company being under US sanctions. Indian companies continue to purchase crude oil from Rosneft, making his presence notable.
