India, Oct. 19 -- NEW DELHI: The bilateral relationship between India and Russia-be it military, trade or international cooperation-has been quite old and the two countries are willing to take it to new heights.

Speaking at the "Indian Defence & Airspace Summit", Deputy Chief Mission of Russian Embassy Roman Babushkin said advanced level of Russian-Indian military and technical cooperation historically constitute one of the pillars of the strategic partnership between the two countries. This, according to him, is a two ways movement based on extraordinary mutual interest proceeding from the fact that the Indian Army is equipped with about 70% of the hardware provided by the Soviet Union and Russia.

Talking about the international cooper...