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India-Russia hold high level meeting to push investment & trade ties including market access issues.
Mar 07, 2023

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday held a virtual meeting with Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Minister of Trade and Industry, and Co-chair of the India-Russia Inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) to push investment and trade ties.
 
The Co-chairs reviewed the progress achieved in the various Working Group and Sub-Group Meetings under the IRIGC-TEC framework since their meeting in Moscow in November 2022 and gave guidance to prepare ground for the next in person meeting of IRIGC-TEC which will be held in New Delhi at mutually convenient dates.
 
The two sides agreed to work together to unlock the full potential of India-Russia bilateral trade and economic relations including through addressing the trade deficit and market access issues, according to a MEA statement. India Russia trade last year touched a record high of 31 bn usd and is expected to grow further in 2023.
 
The Inter-governmental Commission is a mechanism for regularly monitoring bilateral progress across the sectors of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries which was set up by an Agreement on inter-governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed in May 1992.
 
The first session of IRIGC was held on 13 and 14 September 1994. So far, 23 IRIGC meetings have been held. 23rd Session of IRIGC was held on 14 September 2018 in Moscow. The 24th IRIGC-TEC meeting will be hosted by India.
 
    
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