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India to offer Russia $1 billion loan to develop Far East: Modi

  • 05 Sep 2019
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Modi attends a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Reuters

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India would offer Russia a $1 billion credit line to help develop the Russian Far East.

Modi was speaking at an economic forum in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East.

Reuters

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