Russia & India to widen maritime cooperation

15 Sep '23

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Indian and Russian ministers have agreed to widen maritime cooperation, including the possibility of using new transport corridors like the Northern Sea Route and the Eastern Maritime Corridor between Vladivostok and Chennai.
Russia has also agreed to train Indian seafarers in polar and Arctic waters at the Russian Maritime Training Institute in Vladivostok.

Russia and India have agreed to widen maritime cooperation, including the possibility of using new transport corridors like the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as well as the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) between Vladivostok and Chennai.

The agreement was reached when Indian minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal met A O Chekunkov, Russian minister for the development of the Far East and the Arctic, at the ‘Far East Street’ exhibition, part of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum organised by the Roscongress Foundation.

Russia has also agreed to train Indian seafarers in polar and Arctic waters at the Russian Maritime Training Institute in Vladivostok that is equipped with simulator training facilities.

“Our proposed workshop in Chennai will discuss the operationalisation of the EMC, and we envision to involve pertinent stakeholders involved in the trading and transportation of potential commodities, such as coking coal, oil and liquefied natural gas, along this corridor,” Sonowal was quoted as saying in a release by his ministry.

India also invited Russia to participate in the Global Maritime India Summit (GMIS) 2023.

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