With Eye On New Purchases, India Steps Up Military Cooperation With Moscow

The defense ministers of India and Russia have formalized a new military-technical cooperation agreement, reports the Press Trust of India.

Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar signed the document Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in Moscow.

Parrikar was visiting for a meeting of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for Military-Technical Cooperation.

The document is intended to strengthen bilateral ties as India is seeks to finalize a...