VISIT OF FOREIGN MINISTER TO RUSSIA
Shri Yashwant Sinha,
Minister of External Affairs, visited Moscow on 19-20 February
2003. During the visit, he held wide ranging talks with the Russian
leaders on issues of mutual interest. He met Mr. Vladimir v. Putin,
President of the Russian Federation, foreign Minister Igor Ivanov,
Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and Industry and Science &
Technology Minister Ilya Klebanov. In these talks, the two sides
reviewed their bilateral relations and noted the convergence of
views on major international issues. They agreed that Pakistan
should fulfil its commitments to cease cross-border terrorism,
stop infiltration of terrorists into India and destroy the infrastructure
on its territory which supports, trains or otherwise abets terrorists.
It was also decided that the next session of the Indo-Russian
Inter-Governmental commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific,
Technological and Cultural Cooperation will be held in Moscow.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for External Affairs Shri Digvijay
Singh in the Lok Sabha today.
