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President Vladimir Putin’s coming summit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, will be high on the agenda for talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Indian counterpart.
Lavrov will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a three-day visit. Besides Singh, he will meet External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other senior officials.
Before Lavrov’s departure to New Delhi, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexyev told mediapersons today that Lavrov’s visit would be devoted to preparations for the Indo-Russian summit.
‘‘We hope that the new summit in Delhi will be a big event in our relations and will help to solve problems in the trade and economic sphere and confirm our mutual understanding and partnership in world politics,’’ Alexyev said.
He added that during negotiations with his Indian counterpart, Lavrov is expected to give final touches to the work on a number of documents, including a communique and a declaration to be signed by the two sides.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said that while discussing international issues, including Indo-Pak relations, Afghanistan, West Asia and Iraq, India and Russia will ‘‘specially focus on the necessity to strengthen cooperation in the fight against international terrorism’’.
