Russia, India have no plans to sign deal on 5G fighter

Posted on: Nov. 24th, 2005 || Source: en.rian.ru | E-mail Article | Print Article

PERM, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Sergei Ivanov, Russia's deputy prime minister and defense minister, said Thursday that Russia and India would not sign an agreement on the development of a fifth-generation fighter during the visit of the Indian prime minister to Russia in December.

"We are not planning to sign the [5G fighter] agreement during the visit of the Indian prime minister," Ivanov told a news conference.

He said the countries were planning to sign a bilateral agreement on the development of a military cargo plane instead.

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