Amid President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday highlighted the strong India-Russia partnership on the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in Bangladesh, noting that the initiative is jointly supported by both nations.

India and Russia had formalised their cooperation in 2018, when the two sides signed an Action Plan for Prioritisation and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field after discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin during the 19th Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi. The agreement was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and India’s Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Kamlesh Vyas.

Rooppur marks the first India-Russia collaboration in a third country, given that India, not being

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