New Delhi: India and Russia have taken steps to strengthen their 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' by expanding cooperation across sectors, including trade, nuclear energy, defence, and science and technology, according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs following the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin.

The leaders emphasised progressing discussions on a second nuclear power plant site in India, and Russia pledged to fully operationalise the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Currently, two of the six reactors at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu are online, with the remaining four under construction. Putin described it as a flagship effort significantly contributing to India's energy needs.

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