New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Andrei Belousov, Russian Defence Minister noted the time-tested friendship between both the nations.

Belousov, while speaking to the Indian delegation led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the 22nd India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation ministerial meeting, said that both nations are friends based on mutual respect.

"As you just said, our countries are tied with a solid, time-proven friendship, which is based on mutual respect. And on our way here, while we were in the car discussing various things, we came to the common ground that we are binded with a very deep tradition, which are very typical for the Russian and Indian nations," he said.

He appreciated the h...