The strategic partnership between India and Russia was signed during the visit of president Putin to India in October 2000. It lays down the broad contours of bilateral relations between India and Russian federation in the 21st century.
The military and technical cooperation are the core areas of strategic dialogue. An agreement was signed during the visit of president Putin to India in October 2000 which consists of the establishment of Inter-Governmental Commission for Military Technical Cooperation (IGCMTC).
In November 2001, the India Prime Minister visited Russia and the latter agreed to lease two projects related to nuclear powered multy-role submarine. The strategic cooperation was further boosted up with Putin's visit in 2002 and Indian PM's visit to Russia in 2003. There is also an unspoken determination between Russia-India-Beijing to counter USA's unilateralism in central Asia.
India and Russia also took steps towards reestablishing multipolarity in international politics and ten agreement were signed during
Vajpayee's visit which are related to science and technology, space, earthquake research as well as a number of bilateral banking accords and to review their defence relationship at the highest level.
The strategic partnership also supported the steps taken by India in jammu and Kashmir in combating international terrorism while India affirmed support for Russia in Chechnya to protect its territorial integrity and constitutional order.
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