Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to India on December 21-22, Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna said during a joint press-conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
"Our meeting today was dedicated to making preparations for the visit," Krishna said.
The Indian minister named his country's relations with Russia as a key issue in India's foreign policy.
Relations between Russia and India have blossomed in recent years, with India becoming one of the biggest importers of Russian military hardware.
In 2009, Russian-Indian trade reached the $7.5 billion mark. It grew 20 percent in the first nine months of 2010, and the countries plan to raise 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 the participation of India's ONGC state-run corporation.
NEW DELHI, November 29 (RIA Novosti)
