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www.france24.com Last modification: 12/03/2010 - France - India - Vladimir Putin Putin to sign 10 billion dollar arms deals on Indian visit Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in India Friday where he is set to sign more than a dozen arms deals worth around 10 billion dollars. Russia supplies 70 percent of India's military hardware. REUTERS - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in India Friday where he is slated to sign a series of multibillion-dollar arms deals with Moscow's old Cold War ally. According to Russian officials, Putin will sign more than a dozen pacts Friday worth around 10 billion dollars, including an accord to resolve the troubled sale of a refitted Soviet-era aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov. Other deals include a contract to sell India 29 MiG fighter jets and an agreement to install additional nuclear power units in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sale of the Admiral Gorshkov has been marred by a series of price disputes and delayed deliveries, fuelling concerns in Moscow that India could be tempted to end its dependence on Russian military equipment. Putin's foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said the new accord would "suit both sides" and help put the dispute behind them. "We have an enormous interest in India," he told reporters ahead of Putin's arrival in New Delhi late Thursday. Russia supplies 70 percent of India's military hardware but in recent years New Delhi has looked to other military suppliers including <b>...</b>
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