This Article is From Dec 19, 2010

Russian President Medvedev to visit India

Russian President Medvedev to visit India
New Delhi: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is set to arrive in India this week, joining a long line of world leaders visiting the rising Asian power in search of trade and investment.

The two countries are expected to sign a number of agreements, including the general framework for Russia's building two more nuclear power plants in south India. Russia is already constructing two nuclear plants in Tamil Nadu.

A Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that talks between Medvedev and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are expected to further strengthen and deepen the decades-old close relations that the two countries share.

Medvedev arrives on Tuesday for his two-day visit.
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