Tribune News Service

Chennai, April 13

To tide over the problem of getting spares for Russian-origin military equipment, seven MoUs were on Friday signed between Indian private companies and Russian manufacturers at the DefExpo here.The MoUs were signed at the third India-Russia military industrial conference held on the sidelines of the event.Deliberations during the conference focused on the need for improvement of after-sales support of Russian-origin defence platforms.The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (Defence Production) Dr Ajay Kumar while Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation Oleg Ryazantcev led the other side. The Russian delegation comprised senior representatives of the government and representatives of leading defence industries.Around 75 Indian defence sector manufacturing companies and 28 original equipment manufacturers from Russian industry participated in the conference.Two rounds of India-Russia military industrial conferences have been held in past: in March and August last year in New Delhi and Moscow.