India-Russia ties ‘higher than highest mountain’: Rajnath Singh tells Putin in Moscow
Hindustan TimesFriendship between India and Russia is "higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday Rajnath Singh arrived in Moscow for a three-day trip on Sunday night and received a warm welcome by Indian Ambassador to Russia, Venkatesh Kumar, and Russian Deputy Minister of Defence, Alexander Fomin. Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called on Putin after co-chairing the 21st session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Cooperation along with Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov. In his talks with Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov, Rajnath Singh pressed for expediting the supply of the two remaining units of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to India.