New Delhi: The 20th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC) meeting to be co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will be held here on Wednesday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan.
The two leaders are expected to discuss the entire gamut of the
bilateral relationship between the two countries. Later, the two
countries will also sign the 20th IRIGC-TEC Protocol.
During his stay in India, the Russian leader will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission is the precursor to
the annual summit between India and Russia which will be held in
December to be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The IRIGC is the main institutional mechanism supervising economic
cooperation between India and Russia. It integrates six working groups
on economic and trade cooperation, mines and metallurgy, energy, tourism
and culture, science and technology and information technology.
Besides this the two countries have an Inter-Governmental Commission
on Military Technical Cooperation co-chaired by the Defence Ministers of
both nations.
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