Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is heading to India on Monday ahead of President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the country in December.
During the one-day visit, Lavrov will meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna.
Bilateral relations have been blossoming in recent years, with India being one of the biggest importers of Russian military hardware.
In 2009, Russian-Indian trade reached the $7.5 billion mark. It grew 20% in the first nine months of 2010, and the countries plan to bring the figure to $20 billion by 2015.
The biggest joint projects today are the construction of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in southern India and the exploration of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas field with participation of India's ONGC state-run corporation.
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti)
