During the visit, he was received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held bilateral meetings with Indian Minister of External Affairs and Co-Chairman of the Russian-Indian IPC Subramaniam Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, as well as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The expansion of mutually beneficial trade, investment, and cooperation ties became one of the key topics on the negotiation agenda. The parties discussed specific steps to create favorable conditions for increasing trade turnover under current circumstances.
Denis Manturov noted that by the end of last year, Russia had increased supplies of high-demand mineral fertilizers to the Republic by 40% and is ready to continue meeting India’s needs for these products. In addition, a joint project for the production of carbamide is under consideration.
Special attention was given to cooperation in the oil and gas sector. Denis Manturov confirmed that Russian companies have the capacity to steadily increase the supply of oil and liquefied natural gas to the Indian market.
Russia and India continue to strengthen their partnership in the field of nuclear energy, and a project for the construction of power units at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is being implemented in accordance with agreed schedules. Denis Manturov stressed that Russia sees significant prospects for expanding cooperation with India in this area.
There was also a substantive dialogue on such areas of cooperation as industrial collaboration, space, and education.