India, Russia Sign ...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with President of Russian Federation Dmitry A Medvedev during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan. (PTI) India and Russia today signed an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing it as a &quot;new milestone&quot; in bilateral relations. &quot;The signing of the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with Russia marks a new milestone in the history of our cooperation with Russia in the field of nuclear energy,&quot; Singh told a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is on a three-day visit, in New Delhi. Under the agreement, Russia will build four additional atomic reactors in the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu. Besides signing a joint declaration, India and Russia also signed ten agreements on cooperation in various subjects including tourism and space. Singh, after signing a joint declaration with Medvedev, said both the countries have taken &quot;yet another step forward&quot; through joint action in human space flight programme. Observing that both countries have decided to increase the trade volume to $10 billion by 2010, the Prime Minister said they discussed the possibilities of greater cooperation between Indian and Russian companies, both in upstream and down stream sectors. &quot;We also agreed to increase defence cooperation,&quot; he said. Noting that people of India have a &quot;great goodwill&quot; for Russia, Singh said New Delhi &quot;appreciated&quot; Moscow's expression of solidarity with the country after the Mumbai terror attacks. (PTI)