Overview

• Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev met Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi on Friday to discuss deepening agricultural trade.
• Patrushev expressed interest in formalizing cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding, according to India’s Agriculture Ministry.
• India emphasized the need for improved market access for key agricultural exports to the Russian Federation.
• Talks included fertilizers, food processing, and veterinary and phytosanitary collaboration, with Rosselkhoznadzor leadership participating.
• The meeting followed Patrushev’s discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at World Food India a day earlier, and no agreement has been announced.