Accompanied by a high-level delegation which includes Director of Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, First Deputy Director General of "Rostechnologii" State Corporation and Chairman of Board of Directors of JSFC "Sistema", Rogozin will co-chair with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC).
Rogozin, who was recently appointed Co-Chairman of the IRIGC for Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation, will be on his first visit to India as Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of External Affairs said here today.
Apart from holding talks with Krishna, the visiting dignitary will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and meet Defence Minister A K Antony and the Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma.
"Rogozin and the External Affairs Minister will hold an inter-session meeting of the IRIGC to review progress in bilateral cooperation in the trade and industrial spheres since the 16th session of the IRIGC held in Moscow in November 2011. They will also finalize the agenda for the next session of the IRIGC scheduled to be held in New Delhi later in the year," the MEA said. (more)
