India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) waves to a gathering as Russian President Vladimir Putin watches during the inauguration of World Diamond Conference in New Delhi December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Russia have agreed to speed work on a fifth-generation military aircraft, Indian officials said on Thursday, in a vote of confidence in an old defence partner days before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to advance ties.
India and Russia signed a deal in 2010 to jointly develop and produce a stealth jet for both their militaries, as well as third countries, in what India said at the time would become the biggest defence programme in its history.
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