Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will be travelling to Russia from the 30 October till 3 November and will be in Malaysia from 3-5 November for the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting.
The Minister will travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg where he will visit Admiralty Shipyard, the oldest shipyard.
The plan is to make significant progress on various pending defence deals with Russia, so that they are ready to be finalised by Prime Minister Modi’s visit in December.
Parrikar will then travel to Malaysia where he will attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meet, which along with the ASEAN members and India, will also include the United States, Japan and China.
India-Russia Bilateral Trade:
Total Trade (2014): $ 9.51 billion
Total Indian Import (2014): $ 6.34 billion
Total Indian Export (2014): $ 3.17 billion