【Key Focus: Putin signed a law today to approve the intergovernmental agreement between Russia and India on the exchange of military forces】
On December 15, 2025, Moscow time, the Russian news agency wrote in a press release:
President Vladimir Putin of Russia signed a law today to approve the intergovernmental agreement between the Russian Federation and India on the procedures for dispatching military units, warships, and military aircraft to each other's territories.
The development of the agreement aims to determine the procedures for the dispatch of military units of the Russian Federation and India, the mobilization of warships, the use of airspace and airport infrastructure, the organization of material and technical support for national military units when carrying out tasks during joint exercises, training, provision of humanitarian aid, and elimination of the consequences of natural disasters, man-made disasters, and other cases handled by the agreement.
The explanatory note of the law states:
The approval of the agreement will help develop and strengthen cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of India in the military field, establish simplified notification procedures for Russian and Indian fleets' warships entering ports of the two countries, and for the two countries' military aircraft to use airspace and airport infrastructure.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1851586401664071/
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