Prime Minister Narendra Modi bats for transfer of technology from Russia to produce, export weapons

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Russia, has advocated transfer of technology between the two countries to produce military equipment in a cost-effective manner. In an interview with TASS Russian News Agency, Prime Minister Modi said that if technologies are transferred, the production of weapons and other military equipment would be cheap in India.

The Prime Minister said that if this becomes a reality, India and Russia can “supply these weapons to third world countries at very low prices”. Modi added that New Delhi and Moscow “need to take advantage of this opportunity”.

According to Prime Minister Modi, both India and Russia are not interested in only “the relations between customer and seller of military technologies”, adding that the governments of both the countries are “sure about the model of transferring technologies”.

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