OREANDA-NEWS. December 16, 2011. Dmitry Medvedev held talks at the Kremlin with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.

Following their talks, Mr Medvedev and Mr Singh adopted a joint declaration on continued strengthening of the Russian-Indian strategic partnership.

The two leaders also witnessed the signing of a number of cooperation agreements, in particular Protocol No. 2 to the Intergovernmental Agreement of October 3, 2000, on provision of technical assistance in organising production of SU-30MKI aircraft. Also signed were an educational exchange programme between Russia’s Education and Science Ministry and India’s Human Resources Development Ministry, a memorandum of understanding between the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and India’s Federal Competition Commission, a memorandum between Russia’s Federal Healthcare and Social Development Monitoring Service and India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, and a protocol of intent between the Siberian Agreement regional association and India’s Department of Science and Technology on treatment and safe use of fly ash.

Mr Medvedev and Mr Singh gave a joint news conference following the signings.